President Joe Biden has recently stated that he will initiate removing US troops from Afghanistan on May 1 to finish America’s extended conflict, refusing calls for US militaries to stay to guarantee a diplomatic resolution to that nation’s unending internal battle.
In a White House dialogue, Biden admitted that US intentions in Afghanistan had become “increasingly unclear” over the previous period. He set a time limit for retreating all 2,500 US troops left behind in Afghanistan by Sept. 11, precisely 20 years later from the time when al Qaeda’s attacks on the United States that caused the war.
“It was never meant to be a multi-generational undertaking. We were attacked. We went to war with clear goals. We achieved those objectives,” Biden said, noting that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by American forces in 2011 and saying that organization has been “degraded” in Afghanistan.
“And it’s time to end the forever war,” Biden added
“I am now the fourth American president to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan. Two Republicans. Two Democrats,” Biden said. “I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth.”
