when biden was president bombers vice president. and was a very lonely voice in the obama cabinet. against escalation in afghanistan. and among the things biden would know, to president obama, is that none of these simple generals, admiral's, security people who stay there, the surge in afghanistan, any plausible way of connecting what's the purpose of the surge would be, which will be giving the taliban a bloody. nose to both resolving the war in afghanistan, and as well, to fighting al-qaeda. which was the original purpose of this whole thing. biden has indicated that. and although he wasn't arguing, this as i would prefer peripheral and mission of the war on terror, even full withdrawal from afghanistan in 2000 a, he was the alternative. and he watched as obama