Not Done With ISIS-K Yet: Biden On Withdrawing US Troops From Afghanistan
Mumbai: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned the Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K), the group which killed 13 US troops in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport.
We just don’t need to fight a ground war to do it. We have what’s called over-the-horizon capabilities, which means we can strike terrorists and targets without American boots on the ground — or very few, if needed, he said.
We’ve shown that capacity just in the last week. We struck ISIS-K remotely, days after they murdered 13 of our servicemembers and dozens of innocent Afghans. And to ISIS-K: We are not done with you yet, Biden said, quoted PTI.
Joe Biden said that it was the right decision for America to withdraw troops from Afghanistan to end the 20-year war.
He said there was no reason to continue a war that was no longer in the service of the vital national interest of the American people.
“I give you my word: With all my heart, I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for America,” Biden said in his address from the White House on Tuesday. It was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Biden said that after 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refused to send another generation of America’s sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.
After spending more than USD 2 trillion in Afghanistan – researchers at Brown University estimate Afghanistan will have more than USD 300 million per day for 20 years – for two decades, he said.
If you take the number of USD 1 trillion, as many say, that is still USD 150 million a day for two decades. And what have we lost in terms of opportunities? “I refuse to continue a war that is no longer in the service of the vital national interest of our people,” he said.
As Commander-in-Chief, I firmly believe the best path to guard our safety and our security lies in a tough, unforgiving, targeted, precise strategy that goes after terror where it is today, not where it was two decades ago. That’s what’s in our national interest, the President said.
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