Media decries Biden’s statement on Af as one of the most shameful in history

the Afghan military’s last resistance collapsed.

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Taliban fighters captured Kabul, and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country

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“Our goal all along has been to offer constructive advice to avoid this outcome

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we did the same for Biden

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he President’s advisers offered an alternative

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as always too assured of his own foreign-policy acumen

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One more year, or five more years

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US military presence would not have made a difference

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But the Afghans were willing to fight and take casualties

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