Biden: It Was time to End the War in Afghanistan and Bring Our Troops Home, ‘And We Did’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Two years ░░░░░░░░ the previous five years ░░░░░░░░ Today I can also ░░░░░░░░ to the American people ░░░░░░░░ re the first president ░░░░░░░░ decades who s not ░░░░░░░░ a war in Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ his successor But we ░░░░░░░░ got bin laden during ░░░░░░░░ Obama Biden Administration The ░░░░░░░░ objective of war had ░░░░░░░░ accomplished And I believe ░░░░░░░░ going forward the primary ░░░░░░░░ of al qaeda would ░░░░░░░░ longer be emanating from ░░░░░░░░ but from elsewhere And ░░░░░░░░ we do not need ░░░░░░░░ station a sizable number ░░░░░░░░ American forces in Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ when I took office ░░░░░░░░ had a choice Ultimately ░░░░░░░░ saw no reason to ░░░░░░░░ thousands of servicemen in ░░░░░░░░ I think I have ░░░░░░░░ schedule with me and ░░░░░░░░ keep on my I ░░░░░░░░ t hear I don ░░░░░░░░ have but I keep ░░░░░░░░ the back of my ░░░░░░░░ The actual number of ░░░░░░░░ and wounded that occurred ░░░░░░░░ our longest war To ░░░░░░░░ myself keep spending hundreds ░░░░░░░░ millions of dollars a ░░░░░░░░ We no longer doing ░░░░░░░░ In my view it ░░░░░░░░ time to end the ░░░░░░░░ and bring our troops ░░░░░░░░ And we did I ░░░░░░░░ the courage of all ░░░░░░░░ who served in Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ grieve all 2461 Americans ░░░░░░░░ made the ultimate sacrifice ░░░░░░░░ the longest war in ░░░░░░░░ history and I grieve ░░░░░░░░ brave service members whose ░░░░░░░░ were lost during the ░░░░░░░░ We also thank those ░░░░░░░░ and outside of government ░░░░░░░░ have done so much ░░░░░░░░ help thousands of Afghan ░░░░░░░░ resettled in the United ░░░░░░░░ Remember critics said if ░░░░░░░░ ended the war it ░░░░░░░░ damage our alliances and ░░░░░░░░ threats to our homeland ░░░░░░░░ foreign direct to terrorism ░░░░░░░░ of a safe haven ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan Neither has occurred ░░░░░░░░ has occurred and our ░░░░░░░░ have stayed strong We ░░░░░░░░ used our over the ░░░░░░░░ capabilities to strike in ░░░░░░░░ and elsewhere when