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Joe Biden on War

born 1942 United States

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I think you're a damn war criminal and you should be tried as one.

Promises to Keep (2008)

Russia’s aim was to wipe Ukraine off the map. Putin’s war of conquest is failing.

I didn't argue that the war in Vietnam was immoral; it was merely stupid and a horrendous waste of time, money, and lives based on a flawed premise.

Promises to Keep (2008)

From the very beginning you weren't allowed to have certain weapons. You weren't allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual.

My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over.

There’s no reason someone needs a weapon of war with 100 rounds, 100 bullets, that can be fired from that weapon. Nobody needs that, nobody needs that

After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refuse to send another generation of America’s sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago.

Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan. The longest war in American history.

I refused to continue in a war that was no longer in the service of the vital national interest of our people. ... We’ve been a nation too long at war. If you're 20 years old today, you have never known an America at peace.

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