Nobody. I was constructing a parallel situation that no one would defend. Change Jews to terrified US allies/dependents, U.S. Embassy to Kabul airport, and Gestapo to Taliban. That colonel may be able to live with his decision as long as he is supported and nurtured by sycophants, but it is a long road that has no turning. If he did it, he did it. Lies and revisionist history do not alter that which was.
Ok many thanQs !