Posted on 04/14/2021 7:25:21 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Joe Biden got emotional and paid tribute to his late son Beau when he visited the graves of US troops killed in Afghanistan at Arlington Cemetery.
'I have trouble these days ever showing up at a cemetery and not thinking of my son Beau,' he told reporters as he walked around the gravestones in Section 60 after announcing he would be pulling all American forces from Afghanistan by September 11 - the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
'Hard to believe, isn't it? Biden said as he held a wreatyh in his hands near the burial sites of more than 800 American soldiers and said it was 'absolutely clear' that he needed to bring 2,500 troops home.
'I'm always amazed at generation after generation, the women, the men, who are prepared to give their lives for their country,' Biden told reporters after being asked what this moment meant to him.
He answered in the negative when asked if withdrawing was a hard decision. 'No it wasn't to me,' the president said.
Beau Biden gave up his seat as the Delaware Attorney General to serve in Iraq in in 2008 before he died of brain cancer in 2015.
On Wednesday the president officially announced his aim to end America's Longest War that has cost more than $2tillion and taken the lives of more than 2,300 Americans.
His decision has drawn criticism from Republicans who say he is making a 'grave mistake', could create a vacuum for the Taliban to exploit and potentially reignite jihadi extremism.
'I said, along with others, we'd follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of Hell if need be. That's exactly what we did. And we got him ... That was 10 years ago. Think about that,' Biden said from the White House Wednesday.
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I would say Biden has trouble just thinking, period, nowadays.
The entire time Donald Trump tried to get us out of Afghanistan, both parties cried foul saying it was irresponsible and abandoning our allies.
Now, the dems will fall in line and the Republicans will stay quiet
Makes me sick.
I know how he feels. I get emotional every time I pass my Grandpa Daves cemetery. I’ll never forget his last words “Don’t touch that ladder, you little sh”
I cannot stand this guy. I thought Zero was bad.
It wasn’t hard because he’s implementing Trump and Pompeo’s plan.
I wonder when Hunter thinks about his brother Beau, does he think about how he schlonged Beau’s wife AND daughter?
Always has to be about HIM....
...learned those narcissism lessons well from Ødungo.
a optimum moment for some emotional blather. That’s all. He could care less, really. Milk the PR while you can, Joe.
It’s not about you, Joe, or Beau. BTW, contrary to the story, I believe Beau took a leave of absence during his deployment. He didn’t give up his office.
Yeah right. What bull squat.
Won’t begrudge here. The right thing to do, even if done by a man who holds office by virtue of massive vote fraud, and whose every action in that office ought to be summarily rendered null and void.
What a national disgrace that this demented POS is even allowed to set foot there...
Jesus! 4 years of this crappy, cheap, sentimental bullshit as a way to make policy.
Crikey....We went from an Apex Alpha Male to a belly crawling Beta cuck.
We have our first female president.
Maggie Thatcher resents that remark.
Why doesn’t somebody in the MSM ask GWB what he thinks?
Why doesn’t somebody in the MSM ask Biden why it is only acceptable right now, but before it wasn’t?
Absolutely no remorse for this lying, fraudulent, thieving POS....None, NADA....not a drop.
I thought they were supposed to be withdrawn in May. Biden pushed that to 9/11 - for whatever dumb reason.
So Biden is keeping them longer.
Continue with the crocodile tears, Joe.
Kinda reminds me of John Kerry....He spent almost 4 whole months in Viet Nam..... *spit
Xiden is full of schiff. He broke the agreement with the Taliban and the Afghan government that the Trump had in place and extended the withdrawal date. Comcrap/NBC is making it sound like Xiben is ending the war. I hate these Marxists.
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