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Biden: US’ Bigger Threat Lies in Syria

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  • 19 Aug 2021 19:48
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US President Joe Biden speaks to ABC about his country's withdrawal from Afghanistan, defending his decision against the criticisms, and clarifies that "our troops will remain in Afghanistan until the last American is evacuated."

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  • Biden: Not convinced that the Taliban has changed a bit
    Biden: Not convinced that the Taliban has changed a bit

US President Joe Biden confirmed in an interview for the American ABC channel that he is not convinced the “Taliban” Movement has changed ever since it brutally wielded power over Afghanistan at the turn of the millennium.

Biden added in his interview that the US forces will remain in Afghanistan until the last American is evacuated, even if that meant extending their mission beyond August 31. “If there are American citizens left, we’re going to stay till we get them all out,” he said.

Regarding the way his country is going to deal with the "Taliban" Movement’s rule, the US president said, "the way to deal with that is putting economic, diplomatic, and international pressure on them to change their behavior.”

After receiving criticism for the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, Biden said that “chaos” was unavoidable in Afghanistan and that the intelligence expected that by the end of the year.

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Biden continued to say that Afghanistan is not the same incubator of extremism that it was before the 9/11 terror attacks.

On the fate of Afghan women, he said that it’s “not rational” to try to protect women’s rights around the globe through military force.

The US president concluded the interview by pointing out that the United States is facing a greater threat in Syria and that there is another prominent threat arising from East Africa.

This comes after a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed a decline in US President Joe Biden's popularity since winning the presidential elections last year, following the rapid "Taliban" takeover of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The US President's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan received different reactions within the US, as Republicans, especially former Presidents Donald Trump and George Bush Jr., continue their attack on the withdrawal decision, describing it as a "disaster”.

It is worth mentioning that the US President's talks about the possibility of keeping US forces in Afghanistan, beyond the scheduled date of their withdrawal, may lead to clashes with the "Taliban" Movement that has declared it is not interested in attacking US forces until 9/11; the date set for the final withdrawal.  

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