A year ago Biden made a promise if there were U.S. citizens left in Afghanistan

 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/how-many-americans-and-allies-are-left-in-afghanistan/

A year ago Biden made a promise if there were U.S. citizens left in Afghanistan on Aug. 31 who wanted to leave, “we’re gonna stay to get them all out.” I wonder when Biden knew he would not keep that promise; did he know it when he said it? Or did he only realize it 13 days later?

Direct Quotes:

On Aug. 18, President Joe Biden said if there were U.S. citizens left in Afghanistan on Aug. 31 who wanted to leave, “we’re gonna stay to get them all out.” But that’s not what happened when the last U.S. soldier departed the country.

Biden broke that promise. But how many Americans are left? The White House puts the figure at 100 to 200, while one Republican lawmaker suggested the figure was much higher.

The exact number of Americans still in Afghanistan who want to leave is unknown. In his Aug. 31 speech on ending the 20- year war in Afghanistan, Biden said that the vast majority of Americans who wanted to get out had already been evacuated, with about “100 to 200 Americans” who intend to leave still in the country.

Biden, Aug. 31: Now we believe that about 100 to 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan with some intention to leave. Most of those who remain are dual citizens, longtime residents who had earlier decided to stay because of their family roots in Afghanistan. The bottom line: 90% of Americans in Afghanistan who wanted to leave were able to leave.

But a White House transcript of Biden’s remarks corrected the president, indicating that he should have said 98% of Americans who wanted to leave were evacuated

In total, he said, U.S. and coalition aircraft combined to evacuate more than 123,000 civilians.

Blinken said it was di cult to provide a specific figure because the government was going through manifests and doing outreach to determine who still needs help getting out of the country.

Despite Biden’s and Blinken’s assurances that the U.S. will continue to work to help Americans leave, the withdrawal of all U.S. troops before every American who wanted to leave was evacuated means Biden went back on a promise he made in an Aug. 18 ABC News interview. Biden said then that U.S. troops would stay beyond Aug. 31, if necessary.

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