This from the BF:
- President Biden assured the public in March that the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, if the U.S. engaged in one, would be "safe and orderly."
- The President said last month that it would be "highly unlikely" for the Taliban to overrun and take over the country.
- In April, not even a month after promising a "safe and orderly" withdrawal, the president pledged to use American military might to "defend ourselves and our partners with all the tools at our disposal".