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Joe Biden held his first press conference on Afghanistan since he returned from his holiday to Camp David and fielded questions from reporters who grilled him on his handling of the US withdrawal. Mr Biden was bluntly asked how he think the US’ credibility now looks on the international stage following the chaos of the withdrawal and the Taliban retaking the country. But the president shocked many viewers when he suggested there has been “no question of our credibility” despite the majority of the world’s media publishing stories of former allies, politicians and diplomats coming out on record to slam Mr Biden.
During his press conference, Mr Biden said:“I have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. I’ve spoken with our NATO allies, we’ve spoken with NATO allies, the secretary of state.
“Our national security advisors have been in contact with his counterparts throughout the world and our allies…
“The fact of the matter is I have not seen this and a matter of fact, the exact opposite.
“Let’s put this thing in perspective here, what interests do we have in Afghanistan at this point with Al-Qaeda gone?
“We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan as well as getting Osama bin Laden.
Sky News’ Mark Stone said: “He said I have seen no question of our credibility. Extraordinary – just plain wrong. Openly there has been criticism in London, Paris, Berlin. Brussels in NATO. There’s deep unease in the way this operation has unfolded.”
BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel tweeted: “Striking and disturbing thing about this statement from @POTUS is the extent to which the most powerful armed forces in the world are now dependent on the good will of the Taliban Afghanistan.”
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