Biden Says He Does Not Think Afghanistan Withdrawal Could Have Been Handled Better
President Joe Biden says he cannot think of a way the U.S. could have left Afghanistan without “chaos ensuing.” In an excerpt of an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopolous released on Wednesday afternoon, the…
President Joe Biden says he cannot think of a way the U.S. could have left Afghanistan without “chaos ensuing.”
In an excerpt of an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopolous released on Wednesday afternoon, the president was asked, “So you don’t think this exit could have been handled better in any way, no mistakes?”
“No, I don’t think it could have been handled in a way that–we’re going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing I don’t know how that happens,” Biden responded.
Stephonapolous asked, “So for you, that was always priced into the decision?”
“Yes,” Biden said.
Watch the video below:
https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos/status/1428101934658080778
Biden was asked if the swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban control was the result of a “failure of intelligence, planning, execution, or judgment.”
He responded, “When you had the government of Afghanistan, the leader of that government, get in a plane and taking off and going to another country. When you saw the significant collapse of the Afghan troops we had trained…just leaving their equipment and taking off…that’s what happened.”