Posted on 08/16/2021 2:05:14 AM PDT by blueplum
Matt Zeller, an Army veteran and former CIA analyst, was distracted for a very understandable reason during a live appearance on The Week with MSNBC’s Joshua Johnson to discuss the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan: he was waiting for news about several family members and friends who had not yet been able to leave the country.
As Johnson introduced him at the beginning of the segment, Zeller could be seen glancing downwards. He would later explain that he had been checking his phone for news of his loved ones....
And I’m trying to get them out,” he continued. “This is personal for a lot of us.”
Zeller added that he had just spoken with a friend named Chuck who had served in Afghanistan with him, and Chuck had called the veterans’ hotline earlier tonight. “Not because he was feeling suicidal. He just needed to talk to somebody. I might call later, too. This is triggering a lot of things.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Veteran Crisis Hotline 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1 Chat Online: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/chat text to 838255
Vet Center Call Center 877-WAR-VETS https://www.vetcenter.va.gov/media/Call-Center-PSA.asp
I guess he should have used some of his CIA contacts to review their amazingly accurate intelligence on the Taliban. Then he could have evacuated his family sooner. Or, being a former CIA analyst he should have realized that most of the so-called intelligence they had was utter crap. Then he could have evacuated his family sooner. Either way I don't feel sorry for either him or his family.
Good on you for posting those hotline numbers. Those good guys are getting lost in all the discussion surrounding this. This will be a hard time for some.
What was he doing on MSNBC?
What was he doing on MSNBC?
Hint: He was a Dem candidate for Congress in Upstate NY in 2010.
Nuff said.
I bet he voted for president Joseph Stolen.
My guess was to pump up Joe Biden and spin this debacle as a success because a Democrat is at the helm.
Matt Zeller - American Security Project
Matt is a Captain in the US Army Reserve and a former officer of the Central Intelligence Agency. He was the Democrat candidate for Congress in 2010 in NY’s ..
“ I guess he should have used some of his CIA contacts to review their amazingly accurate intelligence on the Taliban. Then he could have evacuated his family sooner. Or, being a former CIA analyst he should have realized that most of the so-called intelligence they had was utter crap. Then he could have evacuated his family sooner. Either way I don’t feel sorry for either him or his family.”
This.
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