From Moral Responsibility to Magical Thinking: How Biden Changed His Mind on Afghanistan

Then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden shares a moment with a student at Aryana Afghan-Turk High School during his visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 12, 2002. (Source: Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images)

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Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks with U.S. troops at a base in Maidan Shar, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 11, 2011. (Source: SHAH MARAI/AFP via Getty Images)

“I think Biden is going to look back and regret he made that decision and that speech,” Crocker said. “You don’t end a war by withdrawing your forces. The war grinds on without you.”

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Then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden talks with then-Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Feb. 20, 2008. (Source: MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP via Getty Images)