Thousands of post 9-11 veterans are dealing with deep moral injuries resulting from the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and the abandonment of our closest Afghan allies.
Pineapple Express task force leader Lt. Col. Scott Mann joined ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to react to the ongoing fallout stemming from the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.Two years ago, this month, as things fell apart in Kabul, Afghanistan, ourto save as many Afghan allies as we could. I sat at my kitchen counter with my wife right in front of me, but I was 7,000 miles away furiously reading and crafting urgent text messages within our signal chat room.
Suddenly, I received a text that interrupted my maniacal flow state of digital rescue. It was my buddy Brad, a former Green Beret I'd served with in Afghanistan. I glanced at his message. "Is there a way for me to get to a country close to Afghanistan and be on the ground to help get our people out?"
President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Aug. 31, 2021. I shook my head in frustration, and swiped the screen back to the signal room where evacuation planning was underway. None of us were going to Afghanistan. Remote rescue was the best we could hope for. I'd explain that to Brad when things slowed down. Brad didn't die in combat. In October 2022, he was found unconscious in a Mississippi hotel room following a long, downward spiral of depression and alcohol that kicked off during the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
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