The status quo was not an option. Staying would have meant U.S. troops taking casualties; American men and women back in the middle of a civil war.
Joe Biden: “The status quo was not an option. Staying would have meant U.S. troops taking casualties; American men and women back in…”
On the recordJuly 8, 2021
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Remarks on the drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan
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