President Joe Biden said U.S. troops would remain in Afghanistan to get all U.S. citizens out of Afghanistan, suggesting they would stay even beyond an August 31 deadline if necessary
* Biden was pressed repeatedly in interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos
* Troops set to leave by the deadline
* Officials citing bottleneck getting paperwork
* 18 US Air Force C-17 cargo jets were used overnight to remove 2,000 people from Kabul
* The planes each can carry around 600 people and one took 640 out of Kabul on Sunday night
* The State Department is now telling people in Afghanistan to head to the airport to be put on a flight
* The only guarantee of safety is coming from the Taliban, who are already becoming more violent
* There are thousands of people waiting to be saved by the West after its decision to leave the region
President Joe Biden said when pressed Wednesday that U.S. troops were 'going to stay' in Afghanistan until they get American citizens out, even if it means running through an August 31 deadline order.
He made the statement despite his own order that U.S. troops will leave by an August 31 deadline, acknowledging the effort could run over if American citizens are still stuck in Afghanistan amid security and bureaucratic hurdles.
'We've got like 10 to 15,000 Americans in the country right now. Right? And are you committed to making sure that the troops stay until every American who wants to be out is out?' George Stephanopoulos of ABC News asked Biden in an interview airing Wednesday and Thursday.
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Update #1: Biden says US troops may stay in Afghanistan beyond 31 August deadline (The Guardian)
Update #2: Biden: Troops will stay in Afghanistan to evacuate Americans (AP)
WNU Editor: So much for his order to the Pentagon that they must be out of Afghanistan by August 31. You do not have to be a genius to know that the White House is now making and changing decisions by the hour, while ignoring the contradictions and confusion that it causes.
4 comments:
WNU,
I agree, all this administration is working on the last minute event. Scheduling is not a word on their dictionary. Nothing was organized if this word as any sense for "vacation in chief".
Biden and his three stooges thought of everything.
Chaos and incoherent thinking is theie plan of choice.
The white House is in disarray. It is all because of Biden. The President had better resign or face removal. Having a combative dementia sufferer as President is not turning out to be a good idea, is it, Democrats?
It's not Biden's fault alone.. nor is it only the Democrats fault. Rhinos and neocons and an out of control corrupt Pentagon and military industrial complex are ruining the USA
And the media the absolute corrupt corporate MSM
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