Abbey Gate Gold Star families continue to grieve while anger at Biden remains

Washington Examiner ^ | 08/26/2023 | Mike Brest

[thegagline]

Exactly two years ago, 13 United States troops were killed in a tragic suicide bombing in Kabul during the chaotic withdrawal of Afghanistan, and while families continue to grieve, some are "pissed off" and are dismayed they still haven't had answers from the Biden administration.

Thirteen families, *** have a trauma bond that connects them: they lost a son, brother, daughter, or sister on August 26, 2021, when a suicide bomber killed them, and nearly 200 people total in Afghanistan. The bombing occurred at Abbey Gate, one of the perimeter entrances to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, while U.S. troops were sifting through thousands of Afghans swarming the gates, hoping to get evacuated instead of living under a new Taliban regime that quickly overthrew the U.S.-backed government and its military. *** The U.S. service members, ranging in age from 20-31, were the last of the roughly 2,448 military casualties of a war that spanned nearly the entirety of their lifetimes. *** The State Department released a 21-page After Action Review focusing on the Biden administration's final months in Afghanistan in July, which praised both embassy officials and U.S. troops for their role in what ultimately became the largest noncombatant evacuation operation in history but also acknowledged the department's shortcomings, including not being ready for worst case scenarios.

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"The President and the first lady continue to grieve with all the Gold Star families, and especially those who were killed in that terrible day at Abbey Gate," National Security Council coordinator John Kirby said earlier this month. "There’s not a day that goes by that he and the first lady aren’t thinking about them, mourning with them, and understanding the loss and the sacrifice and the anguish that they’re still feeling." ***

[thegagline]

Yet another crime committed by Biden that will go unpunished and largely ignored by the MSM

[JBW1949]

“There’s not a day that goes by that he and the first lady aren’t thinking about them, mourning with them, and understanding the loss and the sacrifice and the anguish that they’re still feeling.”

Complete and total BULLSH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Biden doesn’t even remember that tragic event, much less think about the families!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bonemaker]

All decent Americans (non-democrats) have a lifetime of white hot anger over the debacle.

[grobdriver]

are dismayed they still haven't had answers from the Biden administration

Biden doesn't care about them - there's no money in it.

[thegagline]

Another unspoken story that arises out of this travesty is all the Afghans who worked with us and promised protection, only to be abandoned.

[Bonemaker]

All the weapons, vehicles, materiel of all sorts and a world class air base abandoned by politician filth for filth. I even think Biden is still paying them to be nice.

[broken_clock]

FUJB

[Eagles6]

Let’s not forget the aid worker, delivering water and the women and kids “mistakenly” droned in supposed retaliation.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The asshole remembered his kitchen fire and Corvette in Maui. He thinks as much about the 13 as he does about the poor people in Maui.

[Nifster]

And Kirby said that with a straight face

[GailA]

btt

[SunkenCiv]

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[Texas resident]

That world class air base was very close to the Chinese border. Maybe that was part of the deal. Joe surrendered the airbase and all the equipment to China for a cool million or two.

but no more mean tweets.