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On the recordAugust 26, 2021
To fight a war that we had already won relative to the reason why we went in the first place. I have never been of the view that we should be sacrificing American lives to try to establish a Democratic government in Afghanistan.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Reflecting on the reasons for the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and the futility of trying to establish a democratic government.

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