President Joe Biden again defended his administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, declaring an end to the 20-year-long conflict but opening up the possibility for future airstrikes against ISIS affiliates in the country. “This is the way the mission was designed,” he said of the often messy and chaotic evacuation that has drawn criticism from both major political parties, the media, and family members of soldiers who were recently killed in Kabul by terrorists. Although Biden faced significant criticism, Biden said the military “completed one of the biggest airlifts in history” and that “no nation has done anything like it in all of history.” “We will continue to support the Afghan people through diplomacy and engagement,” he remarked, saying that “I take responsibility” for the chaotic evacuation and withdrawal. However, Biden suggested that it was not possible to leave in a “more orderly manner” than what …