Joseph Biden actually said...

"My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over. I'm the fourth president who has faced the issue of whether and when to end this war. I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, an..."

"there's no such thing as a low-grade, low-risk way to stay in a country that ain't yours, and stay there with people who -- in a culture that ain't yours."

"I refused to send another generation of America's sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago."

"I want to thank our commanders and men and women serving under them for their execution of the dangerous retrograde from Afghanistan as scheduled in the early morning hours of August 31st Kabul time w..."