President Joe Biden defended his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan in his final speech to the United Nations as president.
Biden addressed the United Nations for his final time as president on Tuesday as his administration has seen multiple international crises erupt. The president touted his record on international relations, specifically pointing to his decision to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan.
“When I came to office as president, Afghanistan had replaced Vietnam as America’s longest war,” Biden said, according to National Review. “I was determined to end it, and I did. It was a hard decision but the right decision.”
“It was a hard decision but the right decision,” he continued.
U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan effectively turned the country over to the Taliban, who swept behind withdrawing U.S. forces to take the country over almost immediately. The withdrawal…
