{"id":704119,"date":"2021-08-31T18:05:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=704119"},"modified":"2021-08-31T18:05:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:05:23","slug":"biden-defends-extraordinary-success-of-afghanistan-evacuation-amid-criticism-over-americas-chaotic-end-to-20-year-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-defends-extraordinary-success-of-afghanistan-evacuation-amid-criticism-over-americas-chaotic-end-to-20-year-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Defends \u2018Extraordinary Success\u2019 Of Afghanistan Evacuation Amid Criticism Over America\u2019s Chaotic End To 20-Year War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-defends-extraordinary-success-of-afghanistan-evacuation-amid-criticism-over-americas-chaotic-end-to-20-year-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=704119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-31-at-5.23.14-PM-e1630445020885.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden vehemently defended his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and, amid criticism over how the process played out, touted the \u201cextraordinary success of\u201d the evacuation mission during remarks Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon announced that the last plane departed the Kabul airport Monday, marking the official end to the nearly 20-year war. Biden, who vowed to remain in the country until all Americans got out, didn\u2019t keep <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/18\/joe-biden-afghanistan-taliban-abc-interview-kabul-evacuation\/\">his promise<\/a>: Secretary of State Antony Blinken estimated around 100 to 200 Americans seeking to leave had been left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the failed promise and a chaotic evacuation that included a terror attack that killed 13 U.S. service members between the ages of 20 and 31 \u2013 Biden framed the process as a success. While he acknowledged the assessment that Afghan security would be \u201ca strong adversary in the civil war against the Taliban \u2026 turned out not to be accurate,\u201d he remained defiant that the decision to withdraw was the right one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty<span id=\"subtitle23\" class=\"subtitle selfragment\" data-id=\"23\" data-start=\"122689\" data-end=\"134633\">&nbsp;years of war in Afghanistan, the<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle24\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"24\" data-start=\"134701\" data-end=\"141974\">longest war in American history,\u201d Biden declared. \u201cWe completed one of the biggest airlifts in history. With more<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle25\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"25\" data-start=\"142041\" data-end=\"148380\">than 120,000 people evacuated to safety, that number is more than double what most experts<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle26\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"26\" data-start=\"148448\" data-end=\"154019\">thought was possible. No nation \u2013 no nation has ever done anything like it in all the<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle27\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"27\" data-start=\"154187\" data-end=\"160526\">history. Only the United States had the capacity and the will and ability to do it, and we did<\/span> <span class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"28\" data-start=\"160593\" data-end=\"170335\">it today.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/30\/antony-blinken-next-steps-afghanistan-withdrawal-diplomatic-mission\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/30\/antony-blinken-next-steps-afghanistan-withdrawal-diplomatic-mission\/\">Blinken Frames Next Steps Following Afghanistan Withdrawal, Declares \u2018A New Diplomatic Mission Has Begun\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After thanking those who helped with the mission in Kabul and acknowledging the war\u2019s veterans, Biden turned to the crux of his speech, reiterating <span>now-common talking points from the administration amid the evacuation operation: That the U.S. was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/31\/joe-biden-speech-afghan-army-withdrawal-afghanistan-taliban\/\">prepared<\/a>, though surprised, when the Afghan government quickly collapsed. He also said that the mission was designed to operate under stressful circumstances, and that American citizens were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/30\/antony-blinken-taliban-afghanistan-evacuation-deadline\/\">given<\/a> \u201cmultiple warnings\u201d and offers to leave Afghanistan prior to the Taliban taking over.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNinety percent of Americans within Afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/31\/joe-biden-americans-left-behind-afghanistan-kabul-evacuation\/\">said<\/a>, avoiding his earlier promise to \u201cstay to get them all out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span id=\"subtitle69\" class=\"subtitle selfragment\" data-id=\"69\" data-start=\"456722\" data-end=\"465363\">For those remaining Americans, there is no deadline,\u201d the president added. \u201cWe remain<\/span> <span id=\"subtitle70\" class=\"subtitle\" data-id=\"70\" data-start=\"465498\" data-end=\"471970\">committed to get them out if they want to come out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Biden appeared to reframe the story around the remaining Americans, alleging that they have \u201csome intention to leave\u201d but \u201cmost of those [that] remain are dual citizens, long-time residents who had earlier decided to stay because of their family roots in Afghanistan.\u201d His characterization was different from Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u2019s assessment that the roughly 100 to 200 Americans left behind \u201cwant to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his speech, the president returned to the over 100,000 individuals able to be successfully evacuated. He repeated a past claim that chaos was unavoidable, telling the nation that \u201cthere still would have been a rush to the airport, a breakdown in confidence and control of the government.\u201d Biden said the mission was \u201cvery difficult and dangerous\u201d regardless of circumstance, and even if evacuations began earlier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no evacuation from the end of a war that you can run without the kinds of complexities, challenges and threats we faced,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>He issued a direct threat to ISIS-K and promised that \u201cthe United States will never rest\u201d against threats of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not forgive, we will not forget,\u201d Biden declared. \u201cWe will hunt you down to the ends of the Earth and you will pay the ultimate price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the president ended with a declaration that he truly believed he did the right thing: \u201cI&nbsp;give you my word, with all of my heart: I believe this is the right decision and wise decision and the best decision for America,\u201d Biden said, walking away from the podium amid shouted questions from the press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden vehemently defended his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and, amid criticism over how the process played out, touted the \u201cextraordinary success of\u201d the evacuation mission during remarks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}