Attacks in Kabul, Biden speaks to the nation: “ISIS-K attack. We will hunt you down, you will pay for it”. Of the Taliban he says: “They cooperate, they have no interest in hindering us.” And confirm the withdrawal by August 31st

“We will not forgive you, we will not forget. We will hunt you down and we will make you pay for what you have done ”. For Joe Biden are the most difficult hours. In front of him the most tragic scenario that could arise from Afghan crisis and his decision to leave the country by August 31st: a double attack suicide bomber at Kabul airport by Isis who provoked at least 90 dead. Among the victims there are 12 Americans: 11 marines and a doctor. Another thousand Americans to take away for the Pentagon, which admits: “The attacks they will continue“. Locked up in bunker of the Situation Room the American president cancels all the appointments on the agenda and at 5 pm American (11 pm in Italy) he decides to speak to the nation: “There was an attack in Kabul. The terrorists attacked us. The person responsible has been identifiedIsis-K which took the lives of several people and the US military. Several civilians were also injured, ”says Biden.

“Busy heroes in a selfless dangerous mission ”, is how the president defines the American soldiers who died in the attack. “Jill and I are outraged as well as with the broken heart“She adds, struggling to hold back her tears and asking a minute of silence for the victims. But “America will not be intimidated,” he assures. In his speech, he promises that those responsible for the attack will be hit by the US. But it also reconfirms the date of 31 august to conclude the withdraw from Afghanistan and points out that there is no evidence of a “collusion” between Taliban and the Islamic group believed to be the perpetrator of the attack. The Taliban, Biden continues, “collaborate and have no interest to hinder us“In evacuation operations. Finally, he defends his line, recalling that he was the former president Donald Trump to negotiate “a agreement with the Taliban who would have withdrawn all forces by May, receiving in exchange that the Taliban would not attack the American forces ”.

Biden’s speech
“We will not be stopped by the terrorists, we will continue our evacuations“, Biden declares. “Our mission will continue and America will not be intimidated,” he adds, explaining that “if the military needs additional forces I will guarantee them “. “There are around 5 thousand Americans in Afghanistan “and the evacuation operation” is not done in a short time“, Continues the US president, confirming however the deadline of 31 August to leave the country. “I don’t think the Taliban are good but they collaborate and we count on the fact that it is in their interest that we get out of Afghanistan in a way on time and as predetermined, ”Biden points out.

“As for the terrorists ISIS-K who ordered these attacks we will find them wherever they are ”, declares the president of the United States. The US will respond “with force and precision” in Afghanistan, “we will not forget, we will not forgive, we will not be intimidated: these ISIS terrorists they will not win“. “I have informed the military commanders that whatever is needed I will guarantee it, too additional forces“, Adds Biden. Which then announces: “I have ordered my commanders to develop operational plans to hit l’Isis, key resources, the leadership and its structures “.

“Our interest in going to Afghanistan was to take Osama bin Laden, wipe away al-Qaeda and prevent a new one from happening Sept. 11, Biden recalls. “I have the responsibility for everything that happened ”, replies the US president has a reporter. But then Biden defends his line: “But you know that a former president (Trump, ed) did a deal with the Taliban who would have withdrawn all forces before May, receiving in return that the Taliban they would not attack American forces. Do you remember? I believe that people can be hurt, killed. The reason there were no attacks since February it’s because Trump promised to withdraw troops from the first of May“, Highlights Biden. “Yes, I respect your decision to retire. But imagine where I would be right now if I renegotiated the day of the evacuation. I could have just bring other soldiers“, He adds. Then he concludes: “It was time to put an end to a war of 20 years“.

Trump and more: internal attacks
Biden speaks to the nation as the White House appears increasingly besieged by fierce controversy and between republicans the front of those who invoke theimpeachment, if not the resignation immediate of the president. Among these could not miss Donald Trump: “It shouldn’t be a big deal since it wasn’t elected legitimately, ”says the former president. Biden is looking for a not easy way out: on the table the different options that, according to observers, could range from a completion of the evacuation by 31 August as planned to a reaction on the field against an attack that in the last few hours had been widely announced give it 007 Usa and allies. This latter scenario is problematic, given the control of power in Kabul now in the hands of the Taliban and the difficulty of identifying targets among the ISIS militants, authors of the attack.

“At this point the president must discharge“, The Republican deputy was the first to say Mike Garcia, coming out and stating what many in his party think, not just Trump. Even the former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, which many see candidate in the presidential elections of 2024, shakes the specter of resignation while warning against replacing Biden with the deputy Kamala Harris it would be even worse. So far the impeachment hypothesis, also supported by a big name like the senator Lindsay Graham, or that of removal through the mechanism of 25th amendment of the Constitution, had been considered only with the possible regain by the Republicans of control of at least one of the two houses of Congress, in the mid-term elections next year. Now everything could fall apart.

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