A defiant President Biden on Sunday stood by his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan — though acknowledged during a bumbling press briefing that terror groups like ISIS could now be poised to strike.
“Let me be clear, the evacuation of thousands of people from Kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when it started, when we began,” said Biden, who stumbled over his words at several points while speaking from the White House.
“There is no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss and heartbreaking images you see on television,” he continued. “It’s just a fact.
“We have a long way to go and a lot could still go wrong.”
“The security environment is changing rapidly,” he said. “We know that terrorists may seek to exploit the situation and target innocent Afghans or American troops.
“They’re maintaining constant vigilance — we’re maintaining constant vigilance,” he stumbled, “to monitor and disrupt threats from any source, including the likely source being ISIS, ISIS-K, the Afghan affiliate.
“We’re under no illusions about the threat,” he said.
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Joe’s Double downs on Afghanistan.
Okay thanx.