He wasn't president years ago. Before he was president, He was opposed to Obama's increased surge of troops, but got overruled. He deserves a lot of credit for taking the flak that he would inevitably receive for decisively cleaning up everyone else's mess. Here's his explanation for why he handled it the way he did. Looks pretty convincing to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/us/politics/transcript-biden-speech-afghanistan.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohkQFUYAibIRp8_qRmHmfnE2_sgnHb4NyOPSC5eiu4UD4WGvlzVaKdoZ5460TubTdlAK6MmQrpy0upbdQRLejWfn6Glyt4DMjln7sW6RH831JbAGukzr2O3YDLmbbx0nub64k6NO326WaffzSV3cFxv9ZNkcwz5iWcahfuQSp4D0dN03v0gB5t5VG1AMHHM56-0fk04bNaWbRjc6h00U_VbWVzQmt2b7LEDcWZCGA6MDSM_sStntoQqaJ5AN73_LhUjZMP1nb0Wb2RsJ4utDJUzLJPGpLNtUQVyn4ui3Augn9HQ2w&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwAR2uTg1QwE0Cph9m8oCQ7TdqHWyK0wbsM3xwD42KoHiPFcdDvzyrfHHMyys