A close relative fought for a year to free Mosul. It was a terrible time. If you were to ask my professional opinion as a pastor, and that’s because I’ve seen grief a lot, I’d say he is showing grief over this. He can’t believe it (shock/denial). He’s extremely angry when discussing it. (Anger). Then he just shakes his head in bitterness. (depression).
I imagine every soldier and family, who lost friends or loved ones, or who had them injured, are experiencing similar grief over the news out of Mosul.
It’s the same in Afghanistan, but Iraq was all sewn up till Obama walked away.
I have a bud that had to go reliberate Musa Qala in Afghanistan after NATO walked away.
We went in, took the place with great bloodshed, then held it for 6 years or so, fortified it, built roads and then walked away.
The Taliban came howling out of the hills, grabbed the place said thanks very much for the new fortifications and started raising hell.
Then my bud has to go in and root them out again.
Pretty senseless BS.