Joseph Biden actually said...

"I will not mislead the American people by claiming that just a little more time in Afghanistan will make all the difference, nor will I shrink from my share of responsibility for where we are today an..."

"If anything, the developments of the past week reinforced that ending U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan now was the right decision."

"Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. The Afghan military collapsed, sometimes without trying to fight."

"I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth president."