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Joe Biden has a conscience. He feels empathy for others and he has the ability to recognize mistakes and learn from them. That is a good thing. 
The Afghan withdrawal was set up for failure and there wasn't a hell of a lot that could be done about it, especially with the inaccurate intel he had available. Nonetheless, Biden took responsibility as the Commander in Chief. That's my President.
That’s the difference between him & trump.  Trump would go to sleep with a smile on his face thinking of how he “beat” those afghans >

How Trump broke the system that offers protection to Afghan allies The number of SIVs issued dropped by the hundreds. Iraqi SIVs fell from 557 in 2017 to 152 in 2019; the number of Afghan SIVs went from 4,120 in 2017 to 1,799 in 2020, as the number of applicants ballooned.
The processing time for Afghan SIV applicants in early 2021 reached 703 days. >


Whipple wrote that former White House press secretary [Jen Psaki ] told him that Biden “over the next couple of days ... just felt a deep, misunderstood sadness.” 

This goes to show you how much personal responsibility he takes into the decisions he makes. I'm glad we have a Commander in Chief like that. >

And he took responsibility for the withdrawal at the time, instead of blaming TFG, like he could have. >

We can go on and on about the good and the bad of any administration, but this is the best move any president has made in my lifetime and I will make sure I give it appropriate recognition.
And he knew the gravity of the situation - all the more credit
Well done. >

Trump made the deal/decision though, Biden followed through with it. >

Trump had four years to leave Afghanistan and Biden had every opportunity to stay. >

Obama had eight years to leave. >

Yes, he's also to blame. >

Bush started it, if you want someone to blame it is him. >

Francis Scott Key. The damn anthem is a call to war!!!! But the real culprit is god. No way to escape it since the Big Bang! >

Getting out of Afghanistan was always going to be a shit show considering trump intentionally left it as a minefield for Biden. trump didn't assist any Afghanis in leaving the country and the Biden admin helped evacuate over 100K people in a short period of time. There was no way of stopping a suicide bomber in the midst of that chaos. >

I tried explaining this to a coworker. He was like Biden didn't give a shit and said fuck all those people. Like if that had been Trump you would be singing a different tune. I said, "Well what about who made the deal in the first place?" The response, "Well Trump had a plan." To which I responded, "Oh like his Covid plan? Or medical care plan? Say he has it and does fuck all." These people will defend anything. >

Ok counterpoint.. Biden is commander in chief. Meaning he has the power to stop any military movement being the top ranking person in the military… 
 He had the power to stop the pullout when we realized the Taliban was taking the northern regions and we should have stopped when they were in bagram and forced them back out. But instead we left countless afghan allied forces and friends, my friends died for nothing over there and I spent years over there fighting with and helping the afghan people. All for a political stunt that backfired. 
 We should have stayed and armed the women, gotten rid of the older ANA generals and let the younger generation take control of the military because they had more to lose after living under western civilization for 20 years. And what gets me the most is that Americans are turning a blind eye to what’s happening over there and it’s a direct consequence of our actions. We should be forced to watch as thousands among innocents are starving and women are stripped of all their rights again… im disgusted that I ever served for American civilians for over 10 years I sacrificed everything because I believed in America. But after the fall of Afghanistan and how we treat those we swore to protect.. I hate it.