The U.S. Democrats, who separated Afghanistan into non-aligned countries and withdrew their troops, and the Republican Party’s foreign strategy of ‘establishing a pro-American regime’ clashed in ‘pro-American response to Afghans’.
"It's true that we left in a hurry at the time of the battle," said Rice, former secretary of state for the Bush Republican administration, which started the war in Afghanistan. "We have saved thousands of South Vietnamese," he said, accusing the Biden Democrats' administration.
"President Biden's recent speech, 'We gave them every chance to decide their future,' sounds like the Afghan people have chosen the Taliban," Rice said in an article on the 18th. But this is not true. They fought and died with us to combat al-Qaeda,” he said, focusing on the support of the pro-US government in Afghanistan.
"I know that the decision will be criticized," Biden said in a speech to the public. (omitted) Rather than handing over this situation to the fifth US president, I would rather take all the criticism. Because this decision is right. It is the right decision for our people, and it is also the right decision for our brave soldiers who risked their lives for the sake of the country,” he said, adding that he adhered to the U.S. withdrawal policy at the end of August.
At a briefing on the 17th, U.S. National Security Adviser Sullivan said about the presence of South Korea and Europe, "This is where we have been stationed for a long time, and there has been no civil war." "The potential of an external enemy, and to protect our ally against that external enemy," he said, "a situation fundamentally different from that of Afghanistan," he said.
The New York Times, citing former and current government officials, said, “Even though the intelligence authorities reported several times pessimistic forecasts that the Afghan government would be difficult to sustain in the capital Kabul from July, the administration did nothing.” “The current situation in Afghanistan is assumed by the CIA. It is unfolding very similarly to a worst-case scenario.”
In an ABC interview, President Biden said, "I didn't take into account what is happening right now, but I knew what was going to happen." "One of the things we didn't know is that the Taliban are stopping people from escaping," he said. , revealed 'mistakes in the U.S. response to Afghanistan'.
Following President Trump's US withdrawal policy, President Biden carried out 'complete withdrawal to end the 20-year war in Afghanistan' and 'withdrawal at the end of August' in April. When the Taliban regime regained control, chaos began with the escape of foreigners and Afghans.
In an ABC interview, President Biden said, "If there are any remaining U.S. citizens, they will remain to evacuate all of them." When asked about "what if we don't complete the escape by August 31," he said "extend the presence". He said that 10,000 to 15,000 people and "50,000-65,000 people, including Afghan people who cooperated with the United States and their families, should be evacuated," he said.