4 things to know about Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal report

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, April 11, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden responds to questions about the ongoing U.S. military evacuations of U.S. citizens and vulnerable Afghans, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 20, 2021. Biden said Friday he has not seen America's allies question U.S. credibility over the conduct of its withdrawal from Afghanistan as the Taliban took over the country. | ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images

3. Biden insists that the troop withdrawal has put the US on a ‘stronger footing’

The document also maintained that pulling out of Afghanistan has put the U.S. on “stronger footing.” It specifically addressed the concern that withdrawing from Afghanistan “could weaken our alliances or put the United States at a disadvantage on the global stage.”

“The opposite has happened,” the document asserted. “Our standing around the world is significantly greater, as evidenced by multiple opinion surveys. Our alliances are stronger than ever. Finland has been admitted into NATO, and Sweden will soon be admitted as well. We are strengthening our existing partnerships and building new ones with nations around the world. On the global stage, America is leading. We have rallied our allies and partners to support Ukraine and hold Russia accountable for its aggression — and to rise to compete with China.”

The Biden administration attributes its ability to respond to other foreign policy challenges to the troop withdrawal. “His decision to leave Afghanistan freed up critical military, intelligence, and other resources to counter terrorist threats around the world, including in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen,” the document stated. “It is hard to imagine the United States would have been able to lead the response to these challenges as successfully—especially in the resource-intensive way that it has—if U.S. forces remained in Afghanistan today.”