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Joe Biden, who is only seven months into his presidency, blamed the collapse on Afghan troops not willing to fight for their country as thousands attempted to flee after the Taliban took hold. The US President’s defiant defence of his handling of the withdrawal has been met with fierce criticism at home and abroad.
In a series of tweets, Mr Biden said: “We went to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago with clear goals: get those who attacked us on September 11, 2001, and make sure al Qaeda could not use Afghanistan as a base from which to attack us again.
“We did that, a decade ago. Our mission was never supposed to be nation-building.
“The events we are seeing now are sadly the proof that no amount of American military force would ever deliver a stable, united, secure Afghanistan.
“What is happening now could just as easily have happened five years ago — or fifteen years in the future.
“I know my decision on Afghanistan will be criticised. But I would rather take all that criticism than pass this responsibility on to yet another president.
“It’s the right one for our people, for the brave service members who risk their lives serving our nation, and for America.
“American troops cannot — and should not — be fighting and dying in a war that Afghan forces are by and large not willing to fight and die in themselves.”
The President’s approval rating dropped seven percentage points and hit its lowest level so far following the chaos in Kabul over the weekend.
Out of the respondents, 44 percent said they believed President Biden had done a “good job” in Afghanistan.
In comparison, 51 percent praised how Donald Trump and Barack Obama handled the intervention.
He even polled worse than George W Bush, who ordered the invasion almost 20 years ago.
The poll found 47 percent of Americans surveyed felt President Bush did a good job in Afghanistan.
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