{"id":11853,"date":"2021-08-17T07:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T07:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=11853"},"modified":"2021-08-17T07:59:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T07:59:31","slug":"joe-biden-blasts-afghan-leaders-for-giving-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/08\/17\/joe-biden-blasts-afghan-leaders-for-giving-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden blasts Afghan leaders for \u2018giving up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT Joe Biden has blasted the Afghan army for &#8220;giving up&#8221; in the face of the Taliban resurgence and said he &#8220;stands squarely behind&#8221; the decision to pull US troops out of the war-torn country.<\/p>\n<p>Biden risked a global backlash after slamming the Afghan president and military leaders in an address from the White House, after days of silence on the crisis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11854\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Joe-Biden-blasts-Afghan-leaders-for-\u2018giving-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11854\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Joe-Biden-blasts-Afghan-leaders-for-\u2018giving-up.jpg\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks about Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Joe-Biden-blasts-Afghan-leaders-for-\u2018giving-up.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Joe-Biden-blasts-Afghan-leaders-for-\u2018giving-up-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden speaks about Afghanistan from the East Room of the White HouseCredit: AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11855\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/A-US-soldier-point-his-gun-towards-an-Afghan-passenger-at-the-Kabul-airport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11855\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/A-US-soldier-point-his-gun-towards-an-Afghan-passenger-at-the-Kabul-airport.jpg\" alt=\"A US soldier point his gun towards an Afghan passenger at the Kabul airport\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/A-US-soldier-point-his-gun-towards-an-Afghan-passenger-at-the-Kabul-airport.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/A-US-soldier-point-his-gun-towards-an-Afghan-passenger-at-the-Kabul-airport-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A US soldier point his gun towards an Afghan passenger at the Kabul airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The President also admitted being taken by surprise by the speed of the Afghan government\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So what&#8217;s happened?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>The President told Americans\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The US\u2019 20-year mission was not about \u201cnation building\u201d but hunting down al-Qaeda<\/li>\n<li>Americans should not be \u201cdying in a war that Afghans are not willing to fight themselves\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Taliban has been warned that any attacks on the US will be met with \u201cdevastating force\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Taliban is &#8220;yesterday&#8217;s threat&#8221; &amp; US needs to focus on threats faced in 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biden added that he would not repeat the mistakes of the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I stand squarely behind my decision,&#8221; Biden said in a televised address to the nation from the White House East Room.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After 20 years, I&#8217;ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw US forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the decision to leave Afghanistan is the right one for America.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe will end America&#8217;s longest war after 20 long years of bloodshed,&#8221; the President said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe events we&#8217;re seeing now are sadly proof that no amount of military force would ever deliver a stable, united, secure Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am President of the United States of America and the buck stops with me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am deeply saddened by the facts we now face&#8230; I do not regret my decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8216;THEY GAVE UP&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Biden heaped blame on the outgoing Afghan administration, which he said had \u201ccollapsed, sometimes without trying to fight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt is wrong to order American troops to step up when Afghan forces would not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican forces cannot and should not be fighting in a war and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden described the images coming out of Afghanistan, especially of crowds trying fleeing the country at Kabul airport, as &#8220;gut-wrenching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It comes 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