12/14/2020
https://www.msnbc.com...
"We`re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War. I`m not saying this to alarm you. I`m saying this because you should be alarmed."
"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 know there are concerns about why we did not begin evacuating Afghan civilians sooner. Part of the answer is some of the Afghans did not want to leave earlier, still hopeful for their country."