#shorts On 4/6/2023, a reporter asked NSC Spox John Kirby, “It seems like page after page, this places the blame on the previous administration, starting with page one. “President Biden’s choices for how to execute a withdraw from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor.”

MR. KIRBY: Yeah.

Reporter: Let me just follow up with you on something that Ed was asking, which is: Does the President take responsibility for the withdrawal and everything that happened thereafter?

MR. KIRBY: … if you just look, Kristen, at what’s happened since we pulled out of Afghanistan and see what the United States military has been better able to do on behalf of the American people, I think there’s only one conclusion you can come to and that it was the right decision.

Reporter: And as you list these things that —

MR. KIRBY: But — but wait — before I answer — but that do- — but you need to remember … He had to deal with it based on what he inherited.

Reporter: And yet, he had eight months to plan. Did he not?

MR. KIRBY: He had to take eight months to plan … yes, he took some time to — to work through that.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/azQAK7GSYGA
blame Trump, had to take 8 months to plan