Posted on 08/16/2021 10:10:31 AM PDT by rktman
U.S. military veterans of the war in Afganistan understandably are feeling lost and upset seeing the Taliban take over the country with lightning speed after they were ousted from power nearly 20 years ago.
The Taliban took the capital, Kabul, in a matter of hours without much fighting after the Afghan military and government collapsed. As a result, the U.S. military had to deploy around 6,000 troops to facilitate the evacuation of U.S. embassy personnel and citizens via Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Afghan civilians have flooded the airport in a desperate bid to leave the country, resulting in stampedes and even people falling out of the sky after trying to cling to planes taking off.
U.S. veterans have taken to social media to express their anger, confusion, and heartbreak over the situation, especially since the evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies at risk of death from the Taliban appears to have been cobbled together at the last minute.
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It’s hard to get men to become cops these days. And now it will be hard to get them to join the military.
This will not end well.
No Soldier should feel bad if he did his duty honorably and to the best of his ability.
Seems to me it's ending up exactly as the powers that be planned.
Seems to me it’s ending up exactly as the powers that be planned.
I thought Born on the 4th of July was a good movie.
We dont need men in the military anymore.
Transgender females can take up the slack.
They will reflect on the loss of their brothers in a different light.
I haven’t seen it.
Ellen page should sign up. she has developed some abs
No Soldier should feel bad about his service if he did it honorably and to the best of his ability.
The big question is, how do we take care of these veterans whose emotional health is fragile to begin with and now they have to face the emotional stress of knowing that everything they did to ensure the freedom of the Afghani people was for naught?
I bet you won’t find any of that in the trillion dollar infrastructure bill.
“..Transgender females can take up the slack....”
Roger that.
Oh, and don’t forget those delightful non-binaries, soy boys, twinks, cucks, bull dykes, etc Milley’s army.
True, but if I were a family member of one of those killed or wounded, I would be after some neocons right now, and not to shake their hand.
An active duty told me today that he’s having a hard time with this.
The LAST SECOND and they are still cobbling...............
Earlier today I read where a FReeper was asking for prayers as their 19 year old son was in Basic Training. And is afraid the son will be sent to fight somewhere due to Biden’s stupid demented incompetency.
I refrained from asking them the obvious question, as I didn’t want to appear crass.
But WHY? Why would a 19 year old join the military in 2021. No other options, I guess.
We didn’t get a chance to see President Trump’s withdrawal plan in action.
We have had the chance to see the Democrat’s withdrawal plan in action.
Not very pretty, is it?
Anyone who remained in the U.S. military after that retarded baboon in the White House in 2001 insisted that “Islam is peace” has no reason to complain. Americans with even a marginal understanding of our country and our history should have seen this fiasco coming from a mile away.
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