A defiant Biden said he did not regret his decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan, while acknowledging that the country’s collapse to the Taliban came much sooner than U.S. officials had anticipated.
“I stand squarely behind my decision,” he said from the White House after returning from his vacation at Camp David.
It was a strange narrative the President and his team tried to craft. On the one hand, they want to project strength and confidence in their decisions of the past 72 hours, while on the other hand, blaming others for their overwhelming defeat.
