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Biden insists he, too, would end endless wars but would keep some troops in Afghanistan

By Jamie McIntyre
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Biden insists he, too, would end endless wars but would keep some troops in Afghanistan

‘YES, I WOULD’: Asked by an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan if, as president, he would end U.S. military involvement in “unnecessary, endless wars that don’t have any end in sight,” Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden said, “Yes, I would.”

Speaking at an outdoor drive-in town hall event staged by CNN at a minor league baseball park just outside Scranton, Pennsylvania, Biden noted that while serving as President Barack Obama’s vice president, he was against sending more troops to Afghanistan.

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