Check the date. It is a little too late. He broke is silence yesterday. Seems to me that he has finger to the wind to see which direction it is blowing. It became safe yesterday.
This whole Afghanistan thing has been wrong since April. Perry has been AWOL.
Actually, with a little bit of digging you would know he was been critical of the President since almost day one. I know you hate Facebook but he literally has dozens of posts going back to APRIL condemning the Administration. Also posts on other social media and news sites. Yes I know they are enemy but he is doing what you say he isn't. Do some research and maybe assist Congressman Perry, not bash... Do you need him to swing by and comfort you in all this?
BTW, here is another from two weeks ago... Not just yesterday:
https://perry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=402559