Biden "always believed history would prove him right" on Afghanistan

In 2009, then-Vice President Biden strongly opposed the military's plans to send more troops to Afghanistan. ...U.S. policy in Afghanistan was deeply important to Mr. Biden, and he labored to dissuade President Obama. ...Despite Mr. Biden's advice, President Obama ordered a surge of additional U.S. troops...But he always believed history would prove him right. He retained materials documenting his opposition to the troop surge, including a classified handwritten memo he sent President Obama over the 2009 Thanksgiving holiday, and related marked classified documents.-Hur report p2.