Biden to U.S.: The War Is Over, You Are Welcome
A day after the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan, President Joe Biden defended “the extraordinary success” of the military withdrawal, declaring the end of the 20-year conflict a promise kept.
“Only the United States had the capacity and the will and the ability to do it, and we did it today,” Biden said.
After thanking the men and women of the U.S. military for putting themselves on the line for a “mission of mercy” to evacuate more than 120,000 people, Biden paid tribute to the 13 servicemembers who were killed by a suicide bomber in the final days of the evacuation.