President Joe Biden had an entire weekend to prepare his defense of the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. However, he somehow still managed to make himself and the country he leads look even weaker.
Perhaps the only respectable part of Biden’s speech on Monday afternoon was when he stood by the decision to leave Afghanistan and said he would rather face criticism for that decision right now than pass it down to the next president. But Biden’s willingness to take responsibility for this tragedy stopped there. He blamed former President Donald Trump, who initiated our withdrawal; the Afghan army, which crumbled almost immediately after we left; and his own military officials, who apparently did not anticipate how quickly the Taliban would gain power.
