乔·拜登总统星期五坚定地决定从阿富汗撤出所有美国军队阿富汗并试图唤起所有美国人和阿富汗盟友撤离的乐观情绪混乱和绝望的场景在过去的一周里。
但在他的整个讲话中，总统提出了几个与来自阿富汗当地甚至他的政府官员的报告不一致的主张，似乎没有意识到来自美国盟友的批评。
他说，我没有看到我们在世界各地的盟友对我们的可信度提出质疑。
拜登发表了一份容易引起争议的声明，回应了一个问题，该问题要求他对批评美国撤军行为并质疑美国在世界舞台上可信度的美国伙伴做出回应。
“我没有看到我们在世界各地的盟友质疑我们的可信度。我已经和我们的北大西洋公约组织(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)盟国，我们已经和北约盟国谈过了。...事实是，我没见过。事实上，我得到的恰恰相反。"
但是，欧洲有一些知名人士对拜登因阿富汗落入塔利班之手表示愤怒。
欧洲议会外交事务委员会周四就阿富汗问题举行了一次虚拟会议，欧盟外交与安全政策高级代表、欧盟委员会副主席约瑟夫·博雷尔(Josep Borrell)将阿富汗局势称为“一场灾难”
接替即将离任的德国总理的头号候选人阿明·拉歇特安格拉·默克尔，他说，“这是北约成立以来最大的一次失败，也是我们面临的一次划时代的变革。”
回应拜登8月16日的讲话关于阿富汗军队，曾在阿富汗担任军官的英国议会外交委员会主席汤姆·图根哈特(Tom Tugendhat)说，“看到他们的总司令质疑我与之战斗的人的勇气，声称他们参加了竞选，是可耻的。那些没有为自己所飞的颜色而战的人，应该小心批评那些为自己所飞的颜色而战的人。”
英国前首相特蕾莎·梅(Theresa May)本周早些时候在议会问道，“如果我们完全依赖美国的单方面决定，它会对北约说些什么?...我们是不是觉得我们不得不跟随美国，希望在夜晚的翅膀和祈祷中一切都会好起来?”
英国议会国防委员会主席托比亚斯·埃尔伍德说，“无论‘美国回来了’发生了什么?”
我们没有迹象表明(美国人)无法通过机场进入喀布尔
针对美国人无法安全抵达喀布尔机场的广泛报道，拜登表示，他的政府“没有迹象”表明这种情况正在发生。
周五，美国驻喀布尔大使馆发布了新的警报，明确表示他们几乎无法控制局势。
“美国政府无法确保机场的安全通道，”它警告说，“由于大量人群和安全考虑，大门可能会在没有通知的情况下打开或关闭。请运用你最好的判断力，尝试在任何开放的登机口进入机场。”
美国广播公司新闻记者伊恩·潘内尔(Ian Pannell)在喀布尔报道称，在目睹美国人试图在机场出示护照，但被塔利班用汽车上的橡胶风扇皮带殴打后，拜登的观点“令人震惊”。
周五下午拜登发表讲话后，潘内尔说:“事实和言论似乎相去甚远。“实际情况是，这些担心自己生命安全的人打不通电话。”
拜登结束讲话后不久，国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀(Lloyd Austin)在众议院举行的一次非机密的私人简报会上，也非常引人注目地告诉议员们，他们知道美国人遭到了“殴打”
“我们也意识到，包括美国人在内的一些人受到塔利班的骚扰甚至殴打。这是不可接受的，(我们)向指定的塔利班领导人表明了这一点，”奥斯汀说，根据几个消息来源。
周三，一名阿富汗官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，一名持有护照的美国人和一名持有绿卡的人在冒着安全风险到达那里后，在门口被拒绝。其中一人第二天再次尝试，因为进不去，等了七个小时才离开。
周四，国务院发言人内德·普莱斯表示，美国意识到前往机场的问题，尽管他将部分责任归咎于“拥堵”
随着基地组织的消失，我们现在对阿富汗有什么兴趣
拜登声称基地组织已经从阿富汗“消失”，但就在几个小时后，五角大楼新闻秘书约翰·柯比证实了相反的说法。
他在周五下午的新闻发布会上说:“我们知道基地组织和伊斯兰国在阿富汗都有存在。“我们已经讨论了很长时间。我们不认为它过高。但我们没有确切的数字。”
当被问及为什么他的分析和总统对该国基地组织的看法有矛盾时，柯比试图澄清，没有一个存在足以对美国构成威胁。
Fact-checking President Biden's claims on current Afghanistan crisis
President Joe Biden stood firm Friday in his decision to remove all U.S. troops fromAfghanistanand attempted to invoke optimism for the evacuation of all Americans and Afghan allies despitescenes of chaos and despairover the past week.
But throughout his remarks, the president made several claims at odds with reports from the ground in Afghanistan and even officials within his administration and seemed unaware of criticism from American allies.
'I have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world.'
An easily disputable statement from Biden came in response to a question that asked for his response to American partners who have criticized the conduct of the U.S. withdrawal and questioned America's credibility on the world stage.
"I have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. I've spoken with ourNATOallies, we've spoken with NATO allies. ... The fact of the matter is, I have not seen that. As a matter of fact, the exact opposite I've got."
But there have been a handful of prominent names throughout Europe that have voiced anger toward Biden for the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.
The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs held a virtual session on Afghanistan Thursday and Josep Borrell, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the European Commission, branded the situation in Afghanistan "a catastrophe."
Armin Laschet, the top candidate to succeed outgoing German ChancellorAngela Merkel, said, "This is the greatest debacle that NATO has seen since its foundation, and it is an epochal change that we are facing."
Responding toremarks Biden made on Aug. 16, about Afghan forces, Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the U.K. Parliament, who served as an Army officer in Afghanistan, said, "To see their commander-in-chief call into question the courage of men I fought with, to claim that they ran, is shameful. Those who have not fought for the colors they fly should be careful about criticizing those who have."
Former British Prime Minister Theresa May asked earlier this week in Parliament, "What does it say about NATO if we are entirely dependent on a unilateral decision taken by the United States? ... Did we feel we just had to follow the United States and hope that on a wing and a prayer it'd be all right on the night?"
And Tobias Ellwood, chair of the U.K. Parliament's Defense Committee, said, "Whatever happened to 'America is back'?"
'We have no indication that [Americans] haven't been able to get in Kabul through the airport.'
Responding to widespread reporting that Americans are unable to reach the airport in Kabul safely, Biden said his administration has "no indication" of that happening.
On Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued a new alert making clear they have little control of the situation.
"The U.S. government cannot ensure safe passage to the airport," it said, warning "due to large crowds and security concerns, gates may open or close without notice. Please use your best judgment and attempt to enter the airport at any gate that is open."
ABC News' Ian Pannell, reporting from Kabul, called Biden's view "breathtaking" after witnessing Americans trying to present their passports at the airport, but being beaten by the Taliban with rubber fan belts from a vehicle.
"It just seems that the reality and the rhetoric are miles apart," Pannell said following Biden's remarks Friday afternoon. "The truth on the ground is that these people who are in fear of their lives can't get through."
During a private, unclassified briefing with the House of Representatives shortly after Biden wrapped his remarks, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also remarkably told lawmakers that they know of Americans who have been "beaten."
"We are also aware that some people, including Americans, have been harassed and even beaten by the Taliban. This is unacceptable and [we] made it clear to the designated Taliban leader," Austin said, according to several sources.
On Wednesday, ABC News was told by an Afghan official that an American with a passport as well as a person with a green card, were turned away at the gate after risking their security to get there. One of them attempted again the following day, waiting for seven hours before leaving because they couldn't get in.
And on Thursday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. was aware of the issues of traveling to the airport, although he placed partial blame on "congestion."
'What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point, with al-Qaida gone?'
Biden claimed that al-Qaida is "gone" from Afghanistan, but just hours later, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed the opposite.
"We know that al-Qaida is a presence, as well as ISIS, in Afghanistan," he said during a press briefing Friday afternoon. "And we have talked about that for quite some time. We do not believe it's exorbitantly high. But we don't have an exact figure."
Asked why there is a contradiction between his analysis and the president's view of al-Qaida in the country, Kirby sought to clarify that there "isn't a presence that is significant enough to merit a threat" to the U.S.
