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Biden on Afghanistan: Not my problem
The president is unwilling to rethink his decision to withdraw U.S. troops, even as Afghanistan unravels faster than expected.
As the Taliban blitz across Afghanistan and U.S. officials scramble to assess just how quickly the government in Kabul could fall, President Joe Biden is recalibrating his message to Americans.
- Nahal Toosi, Paul McLeary and Alex Ward
- Politico
Where he once insisted that two decades of U.S. backing had left Afghan forces capable of defending themselves, Biden and his aides have shifted to a more cold-blooded mantra:
If they can’t, that’s not our problem.
Inside the administration, top aides are just trying to keep up with the…