Afghanistan will not be the Vitenam of my youth.

Joe Biden, the American president, did not mince words this Monday evening to justify his decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan.

And this despite the current crisis.

“I am very sad about what is happening [in Afghanistan today], but I do not regret my decision to withdraw and withdraw US troops from Afghanistan.

This is not our war.

It is not in our interest or that of our security ”.

The American president returned to recent weeks and his decision "to carry out the plan which had been negotiated by the previous administration while assuming the consequences and the risks of this decision and in particular the fall of Kabul".

He immediately recognized that Afghanistan had fallen "faster than expected" to the Taliban.

"But the objectives of the war in Afghanistan in 2001 were very clear: to find those who attacked us on September 11, 2001," said the American president.

"We have succeeded in putting an end to Al-Qaida in Afghanistan," he insisted.

The terrorist threat has spread around the world

The United States did not aim to "build a nation" in Afghanistan, but to protect itself from terrorism, he recalled

“Today terrorist threats have spread to Syria, Iraq, Somalia.

These threats require that we deploy more resources in these countries, not that we spend millions more in Afghanistan ”.

Afghan power has failed to secure its power

"We have given Afghanistan all the possibilities to secure their future, but we could not do more," he also said.

“If the government was not able to negotiate for the future of their country and defend their people today, it would not have been able to do so in a few years either.

It was no longer a question of time ”.

Afghanistan will not be the Vietnam of my youth

"I worked on the Afghan file for years: I went there, I spoke with people, I met the troops. I understood what was possible and what was not. not, Joe Biden said in a more personal tone before advancing: "Now we are going to focus on what is possible: we are going to defend the rights of women and girls, we are going to fight for education, but we will not be no longer there militarily ".

"In a few days, we hope to transport thousands of US nationals who were working in Afghanistan and exfiltrate allied civilian personnel," promising not to abandon those who had fought alongside the Americans.

"This will end America's longest war and despite all the blood that has been shed, we must accept the fact that Afghanistan did not become a country as a result of our intervention."

The United States, which has deployed some 6,000 troops to secure the evacuation of tens of thousands of Americans and Afghans and to ensure the security of Kabul airport, will in no way compromise the safety of its nationals. also recalled Joe Biden this Monday evening, promising the firmest response possible if ever the Taliban attacked American nationals.

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