When the U.S. military pulled it’s last remaining troops out of Afghanistan on Tuesday, they left behind several hundred Americans and around 60,000 Afghan allies.
For many, including retired LTC Scott Mann, leaving those citizens behind was a tough pill to swallow.
“We know instinctively, you know, in our gut, in our solar plexus, that we don’t leave our friends. We don’t leave anybody behind and we keep our promises” Mann said.
That’s why Mann, along with other Afghan veterans, bravely decided to launch a major private operation to rescue the remaining Americans and Afghan allies who are still trapped in Afghanistan.
“We are about to embark on a private recovery operation of western citizens as well as Afghan allies who we made a promise to,” Mann declared.
“If you’re a citizen and you’re in duress, you know, we will eventually find you. Stay low, stay safe, be smart and do everything that you can to survive. Same with our Afghan partners. We’re doing everything that we can to find you, to reach you and to help you reach safety.”
Mr Mann explained that the US made a promise to its partners: “If it got too hot or too dangerous based on their sacrifice for their country and us, then the State Department would provide them a special immigration visa to get their family to safety.”
But as the August 31 withdrawal deadline drew nearer, hands were wrung from Washington to London when it became increasingly clear that in thousands of cases, that promise was not going to be kept.
Meanwhile Mr Mann, along with an ad-hoc group of retired Green Berets, SEALs, Marines and other volunteers, were busy leading a monumental effort to get as many as possible of those at risk out, in an operation dubbed ‘Pineapple Express.’
The Independent
Mann spent 18 years as a Green Beret during his 23 years serving our country. And he said that the rescue missions he has conducted the past week have been “the most horrific and challenging thing” that he’s ever seen.
Mann, along with his team of other former Green Berets, Marines, SEALS and volunteers, conducted secret missions utilizing on-the-ground networks and trusted relationships they developed over 20 years.
Members of the team estimate they were already able to rescue as many as 700 people out of Afghanistan, helping them pass through the city which was littered with Taliban checkpoints.
“There were secret passages between the Taliban checkpoint and the actual airfield itself. There were holes in the fence. You had to move through sewage canals and things like that.”
Mann is now calling on the U.S. government to be ready to receive westerners and Afghan allies that his team is able to rescue. He also sent a direct message to President Biden amid his private evacuation efforts: “We are going to move these people, they are coming out of this country, we‘re not asking permission. We’re honouring our promise as combat veterans.”
I Agree with the previous comments
Thank You!
I’m trying to understand why America is bringing all of these Afghan people here!!! Why are we so in a hurry to help people over there-WHEN YOU WON’T HELP VETERANS OR HOMELESS PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND HOMES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC-HERE!!!! BUT YOUR GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE, AND THEN GIVE THEM MONEY TO GET ON THEIR FEET, TO GET THEM A PLACE TO LIVE, TO GET THEM FOOD TO EAT?!!! But you have BORN & BREED AMERICANS that your sorry ass politicians WON’T HELP!!! STOP TRYING TO HELP THE DAMN WORLD-WHEN YOU WON’T EVEN HELP YOUR FELLOW COUNTRY MEN & WOMEN!!! They asses been fighting since dirt was made-let them figure that out!!! YOU figure out how to HELP AMERICANS-the people that voted your asses in your positions in the FIRST PLACE!!! TAKE CARE OF HOME BEFORE YOU GO TRYING TO HELP EVERYONE ELSE!!!
That’s an easy stance to take when you did not work with these people for 20 years. We stood side by side with them and then poof, we are just gone…leaving them to fend for themselves against an enemy who only seeks to destroy them. You argue that American’s have lost their jobs due to COVID and cry what are our politicians are going to do about that…these people are going to be murdered because we abandoned them. They are not worried about their jobs, they are simply worried about when their door is going to be kicked in and an AK47 is going to be shoved in their face. An American who doesn’t agree with righting the wrong we caused are free to leave….go take their place for all we care. We owe them a debt and these Veterans are risking their own lives at their own behest not at the command of their Government, to save them. More than 2000 soldiers lost their lives trying to help these folks live a better life and those who did survive are the only ones willing to still go back on their own dime, risking their lives yet again….you will never understand if you didn’t serve there or anywhere else over the last 20 years but mark my words, their actions are proving to the rest of the World that our politicians do not represent the best of what America has to offer! The Veterans are made from the same metal that America was founded on…something our politicians have long forgotten. Our politicians should be ashamed…but the American people should be proud. We gave them 20 years worth of money and training and security….we bled with them….we died with them. This is what America is about and it’s about time that we woke up and elected Politicians who have put their own self in harms way….our leaders should have experienced for themselves what it is like to fear for your own life…to beg for the life of your loved ones….only then will they understand why it was important for us to keep our word to our allies and to the Afghanis. Our Troops get it…most American’s get it. Only those who have something to gain as our Politicians do, don’t get it. These people need to be saved and if our Government won’t do it….God bless these Vets who are making it happen!
how can i help
I would Love to go back over there and help. Just lead me to the right person to talk to, to make it happen!!
SPC Schmidt
Bro. People are never going to get it. They are never going to understand who we are, how we are and why we do what we do. You can not explain reason to cattle.
Everything you just said, all of them have heard before. They just keep following the tail in front of them.
JASON:
BRO.: FIRST OFF, I AM NO CATTLE-WATCH YOUR TONE!!! I AM A 10 YEAR, ARMY VETERAN AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND WHAT ROBERT IS SAYING…I DON’T SEE HELPING SOMEONE ELSE-“FIRST” AND LEAVE YOUR FELLOW AMERICAN TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES-WITH NOT SO MUCH AS A “HELP UP”-NOT A HAND OUT!!! AND I DON’T FOLLOW ANY TAIL IN FRONT OF ME-BECAUSE THERE ISN’T ONE!! THAT PART RIGHT THERE-THANKS!!!
Jason you have a big problem and it’s you you talk like you know but you don’t have a clue yes there is homelessness and as a person that was homeless at one time but that changed by me getting tired of depending on people like you, I got off my but and changed my life unlike most and as a vet who served this great country you dear sir are GENETICALLY ALTERED.
this nation was forged by our blood for freedom and the politicians in Washington do not care for anyone but their selves and the corporations that have nothing to do with forging this nation, it was the people. everyone in congress needs to resign, everyone in washington is just liars and there for only money ant that which they seek, power. I hope that the rest of America is tired of it and of them, we gave our word to the world and americans that entered that war that we would stand with them and be there for them and a promise that we would not leave them behind. a phony president was elected, a right out liar and coward who have not done much of anything for this nation, a coward and a phony who has stopped helping Americans who have everything to lose and who are facing the streets and homeless, and now, we go back on our promise and leave Americans and afghan’s behind because we have a president who is have laden with dementia and a wife that feeds him so much medication that he still doesn’t know what he is doing. I think THE MOST HIGH FATHER IN HEAVEN for these brave volunteers and veterans for coming forward because they understand better then any poitican could understand or comprehend. Yes, I agree that we should care for American’s first, without a strong people you have not a strong nation, but we must stand behind our promise, something the so-called president don’t understand because he has not, ever had to fight for anything in his life. He is a puppet to the globalists of this world and the Chineses, he is a traitor to this hold nation and should resign from office because he doesn’t have the fortitude to lead this nation our it’s people all he is doing is killing us and as it seems that is his mission in his so-called life. I pray that these volunteers will be highly successful their endeavor and mission of great hope to all Americans and afghans remaining in the country to carry out a mission that would have been honored by the president that it may show the rest of the world that we make good and stand on our promises to our allies around the world. TO THE VETERANS FROM A VETERAN, I AM TO OLD NOW, BUT I STAND WITH YOU FOR PLACING YOURSELFS IN HARMS WAY TO DO WHAT THIS NATIONS president REFUSES TO DO AS COMMANDER AND CHIEF OF THIS NATION. YOU MAKE ME VERY PROUD TO BE A VET.
I salute you.
Canney-I AM AN COMBAT ARMY VET!!! I BELIEVE IN TAKING CARE OF HOME FIRST AND FOREMOST!!! I DON’T GIVE A CRAP ABOUT DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, LIBERAL-WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THEM!!! I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY PEOPLE-VETS, HOMELESS, PEOPLE OF COLOR!!! YOU CAN’T INVITE PEOPLE TO YOUR HOUSE AND HAVE YOUR FAMILY ON THE STREET, TRYING TO ACT LIKE THEY DON’T MATTER AND YOU HAVE YOUR SHIT TOGETHER WHEN YOU DON’T!!! ALL PRESIDENTS ARE LIARS IN MY BOOK!!! TAKE CARE OF “YOUR OWN HOME”-FIRST!!! THAT’S HOW I WAS BROUGHT UP-AT HOME-AND IN THE MILITARY!!! YOU DON’T PUT OTHER PEOPLE OVER YOUR OWN FAMILY-USA/AMERICA!!!
I volunteer to go! A Cold War Veteran
You are only as good as your word. To run out after giving your word is worse than dishonorable. It reduces you to worse than the enemy you fight, and you will never be trusted again. It was bad enough in Saigon in 1975, and this hurts even worse.
One Vietnam Vet
WELL KEN, POLITICIANS RUN OUT ON THEIR WORD EVERY SINGLE DAY IN AMERICA!!! HOW DO YOU DO THAT TO YOUR OWN COUNTRYMEN-BUT KEEP YOUR WORD TO “ANOTHER COUNTRY”?!!? YEAH-THAT PART RIGHT THERE!!!
what have yall done to try and accomplish what you say …..With sll the free handouts that the gov gives you and the fact that you are fully capable of getting a job and theres more but its a waste of time to splain it to you.
HAMMEHEAD, I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ARE TALKING TO ME ABOUT HANDOUTS OR WHATEVER, BUT I AM A 100% DISABLED VET AND FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY AND SAW MY FRIENDS DIE!!! SO THERE WAS NO HANDOUTS HERE MY MAN!!!! BUT OUR GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO GIVE HANDOUTS TO PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND NOT PEOPLE WHO NEED MEDICAL HELP, FOOD, A PLACE FOR “THEIR” CHILDREN TO SLEEP-SAFELY AT NIGHT??!!? SO DO THAT FOR OTHERS-BUT NOT HERE AT HOME?!?! THAT DON’T SOUND PATRIOTIC OR AMERICAN MY FRIEND!!!
I understand your sentiments and I agree we need to help our own. However, in any war there are numerous persons who aid us with the promise of being protected. What Biden and his top Boy Scouts did is to tell the world we can’t be trusted. They risk their lives for us, we need to protect them. Are you aware in WWII Hitler had a secret airfield built all out of wood including planes. It was being set up to lure in our planes to a death trap. Numerous guns were being moved into place. Luckily someone let pour intelligence know. In fact they knew for 6 months but let them go on wasting money and men. Before it became operational we bombed it with 1 wooden bomb to let them know. Could you be the person to tell that person screw you, ya you helped us but not go die.
WELL STEVE, IT SEEMS OUR GOVERNMENT-AND THAT’S EVERYONE INCLUDED-FROM THE PRESIDENT OWN DOWN–THAT THEY ARE SCREWING AMERICANS-ON THE DAILY!!! SO YOU’RE SAYING THAT IT’S OKAY TO HELP OTHER COUNTRIES-BECAUSE WE SAID THAT WE WOULD PROTECT THEM–BUT LET OUR FELLOW AMERICANS-“VETERANS”, DIE RIGHT HERE ON THE STREETS OF OUR OWN COUNTRY-WHERE IS THEIR PROTECTION?!!! WHERE IS THEIR PROTECTION FROM HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL ANGUISH?!!!-WHERE IS THEIR HELP MAN!!! FAMILIES ON THE STREET, ON THE GROUND WITH BABIES BEGGING FOR FOOD AND AID-AND THEY CAN’T RECEIVE ANYTHING!!! WHY?! BECAUSE THEY MADE $1.25 OVER THE LIMIT TO RECEIVE FOOD STAMPS!!! BUT AMERICA IS GOING TO GLADLY GIVE IT TO SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY OVER OUR OWN PEOPLE?!!! Y’ALL SOUND REALLY DAMN “NEIGHBORLY” RIGHT NOW!!!–NOT!!!!
I agree with you 100%! We need to stop trying to fix the world and take care of our own! That should be #1 priority! We MUST meet needs of America and Americans first! I am proud to be an American and the extent we have helped SO many, but charity begins at home: Let’s not forget our first and foremost responsibility is helping our own who need us NOW to get out of Afghanistan! I wish ALL who worked to help us: i wish ALL could be saved! God bless and keep those who are trying to do help. Truly part if God’s army!
K NIVER: THANK YOU MA’AM!!! THANK YOU!!! THAT PART RIGHT THERE!!! “CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!!!” AT HOME!!!
Democrats help no one but themselves Sylvia. Godwilling this will be the final call, to let people that voted Democrat especially in this last election know, how stupid they’ve been to believe all their compulsive lies and to NEVER vote Democrat again!!
LATIN R&R: THIS CRAP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEMOCRATS, SO STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT DUMB MESS!!! THIS HAS TO DO WITH AS I SAID BEFORE TAKING CARE OF HOME BEFORE YOU INVITE YOUR FRIENDS OVER!!! WHEN I WAS A KID, I COULD NOT INVITE ANY OF MY FRIENDS OVER UNLESS MY CHORES WERE DONE AND MY ROOM WAS CLEAN. AMERICA NEEDS TO FINISH THEIR CHORES BY HELPING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN NEED-BEFORE-THEY INVITE THEIR FRIENDS OVER TO “THIS HOUSE”!!! THAT’S MY POINT!!!
I agree help the homeless vets first.
THANK YOU THOMAS!!!
You make good points, I’ve been saying that all along !
Sylvia Patterson, you should help the downtrodden in America. That would a beautiful thing to do. You focus on that and stop deriding those who choose to keep America’s promise the brave Afghanees who deserve help.
WELL BACKUS!!! HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALREADY HELPING VETS, THE DOWNTRODDEN AND THE PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR HELP HERE IN AMERICA?!!?! OOOHHH, THAT’S RIGHT-YOU DON’T!!! YOU SHOULD SPEAK WHAT YOU KNOW MY MAN. I ALREADY KNOW IT’S A BEAUTIFUL THING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE SMILE BACK ON THEIR FACES AND HOW HUMBLE PEOPLE ARE WHEN YOU DO HEL THEM. I PRAY THAT YOU ARE DOING JUST WHAT YOU SAID THAT I WASN’T-MR. BACKUS!!!
I agree pull them out!!
Another thing…What if there are sleeper cells AMONG those AFGHAN REFUGEES-that this country wants to desperately save?!!?! Then what?!?!🤨 Oh 9-11 ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!😭 For politicians you all are so damn slow!!! America better be worried and be on the look out for terrorist attacks!!! Because they are DEFINITELY COMING NOW!!! BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TERRORISTS ARE AMONG THOSE REFUGEES!!! But why should you care, your ass will probably be in some BUNKER some damn where, while we-the people that voted YOU in office-are going to get killed-all because you are trying to “HELP THE WORLD”!!! WHATEVER MAN!!!😡😡😡😡
WE CAN SORT THEM HERE, KEEP THE GOOD ONES AND BURY THE BAD ONES. PLEASE LET THEM COME HERE TO DIE.
DAVID:
I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN…”GET THEM BEFORE THEY GET YOU!!!” THAT’S HOW I GREW UP IN THE MILITARY!!! AND THAT’S WHERE I LEARNED THAT FROM!!!
Some people just don’t understand what an OATH requires, (Ms. Patterson).
I’m in complete agreement with this and wish I was there with them. My prayers to the hero’s on this mission.
Mark James Sinopoli, former 91 Charley; or DOC as they called me.
MR. SINOPOLIC:
I DO KNOW WHAT AN “OATH” REQUIRES!! I TOOK THE OATH 3 TIMES IN THE ARMY!!! I WISH SOMEONE WOULD HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET FOOD, HELP OUR VETERANS WITH THEIR MENTAL ISSUES INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM SLEEP IN THEIR CARS AND ON BENCHES OR THE GROUND!!! MY PRAYERS ARE ALSO WITH THE FOLKS GOING OVER THERE FOR THAT!!! THANKS!!!
SYLVIA PATTERSON, FORMERLY 31 KILO/COMBAT SIGNALER; OR “ENFORCER” AS THEY CALLED ME!!!
John zopf
What was said above may be true. We did vote for thoses liars and cheats. But we also commented on those who risked their lives and the lives of their families. To get them out of the country if things were bad. Well, I and the world say things are bad. The present Government is more bent on making all of us SOCALESTS and destroying our country. I applaud the effort the true Patriots are attempting or doing, despite weak government officials who just ran. We will never win another war.
MR. JOHN,
I AM ALL FOR SAVING FOLKS! I JUST DON’T SEE THE POINT OF RISKING OUR MEN & WOMEN TO SAVE PEOPLE THAT THE “GOVERNMENT” WANTS US TO SAVE-WHEN THEY WON’T EVEN HELP VETS, HOMELESS, AND FAMILIES HERE ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA!!! THAT’S MY BIGGEST POINT TO MY COMMENTS!!! IF WE GO TO THOSE COUNTRIES, WE DON’T GET THE SAME TREATMENT AS THEY WILL GET WHEN THEY COME HERE TO AMERICA!!! SO HOW DO YOU LET YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER STARVE AND DIE IN OUR COUNTRY-YOUR COUNTRY-MY COUNTRY-BUT GO RUN DOWN THE STREET TO HELP SOMEONE ELSE WHO DON’T EVEN LIVE HERE BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD SAVE THEM!!! DID THAT MEAN YOU HAD TO SHIP THEM HERE TO THIS COUNTRY?!! COULD THEY NOT HAVE TAKEN THEM TO ANOTHER ALLIED COUNTRY?!! IT’S DISGUSTING, IT’S A DISGRACE AND A SLAP IN THE FACE TO VETERANS WHO ARE HOMELESS AND WHO CAN’T GET SO MUCH AS A DAMN EBT CARD FOR FOOD TO FEED HIS FAMILY, OR A ROOF OVER HIS FAMILY’S HEAD FOR SHELTER!!! AND NOW WE SEND OUR CHILDREN, AND FAMILY MEMBERS OVER THERE TO SAVE OTHERS-WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT NEED SAVING-LAST DAMN WEEK, LAST MONTH, AND LAST YEAR!!! BOOM!!
I’m just beyond words. To have a demented no balls president that dont give a shit about leaving behind Americans why in the hell did not use the base that we build to transport and blow the hell out of it when the last american left Afghan soil. No matter how long it took no deadline.This so called leader and his spineless yes man Democrats made us weak in they eyes of the world. They all need resign with there tails between there legs in shame of what the have done. My husband has served for 21 years and turning in his grave.
Must be a Trump lover just by his hate.
LYDIA:
AS SOON AS TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, WE ALREADY LOOKED WEAK TO THE WORLD!!! BIDEN, TRUMP, OBAMA, OR “H.R. PUFF-IN-STUFF”–I COULD GIVE A RATS-ASS AND CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT PRESIDENT DID WHAT!!! ALL I KNOW IS THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PRESIDENT IN “DECADES” THAT HAVE CARED ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OR VETS. AND PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THEY GAVE US, BECAUSE IF MONEY WAS TO BURN UP TODAY OR TOMORROW THEN WHAT?!!! EVERY POLITICIANS-I BELIEVE-AND THIS IS JUST ME AND I AM ONLY SPEAKING FOR ME…BUT MOSTLY ALL POLITICIANS CARE ABOUT THEIR MONEY, THEIR SELVES, AND WHERE IS THE NEXT BUCK COMING FROM SO THAT THEY CAN SCORE IT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE KNOWS THAT IT WAS OUT THERE!!! I SAW MY FRIENDS DIE IN FRONT OF ME IN WARTIME & CONFLICT!!! IF YOU TAKE OF HOME, I BELIEVE THAT HOME “WOULD” TAKE CARE OF YOU!!! BUT IN THIS INSTANCE-HELL TO THE NO MAN!!! “SWEEP AROUND YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR-FIRST”!!! THEN YOU CAN INVITE FOLKS OVER TO LIVE!!!
…IF YOU TAKE CARE OF HOME,…
Listen,
I think, the withdraw was poorly plan. However, they did moved lots of people out in a short time frame. I think we did not needed to be there for 20 years. Bush just went haywire to do more than what was required or needed. He also want to complete his father mission to go into Iraq. Another issue I have why were some many Americans and Green card holders in the country with everything going on there.
I hope that these ex military don’t get captured and make things worst.
In full agreement, Hoorah, my fellow veterans.
Timothy Batten
Former USN Aviation Electricians Mate
This was the worst planned and worst executed military maneuver in US Military History. A group of mid level officers could have planned and executed an outcome that would have said we know what we are doing. This was all about phot ops for the current administration who has proven to be inept at everything they do. Americans, allies, and top secret military equipment left behind, to the tune of at least $80, BILLION taxpayer dollars, was that the plan? If that was Ruben or his family member left behind would he be forgiving?
We all know that the current US Administration is a total disaster made up of people who have never had a real job! Hey Ruben how about your president handing over to the enemy the list of all Americans and our allies that are still in country. I think you call that TREASON! What will the politicos in washington do about that?
You really want to know how bad the planning was as well as the execution talk with the actual military personnel on the ground in Afghanistan, I know some and they say it was horrible. Talk with the pilots who set at the airport with their engines running for hours!
A full investigation of what really happened needs to be done!
God Bless our Troops!
Former USAF Pilot for 13 years!
WILL MURPHY:
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WAS POORLY PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY FOLKS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE OR DONE ANYTHING LIKE WE-VETERANS CAN DO IT!!! THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE LAST ONE, AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT, AND THE ONE BEFORE THAT-ALL DID CRAP AND ROYALLY SCREWED UP ON A LOT OF THINGS!!! BUT AGAIN, MY COMMENT WAS TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF “ALL AMERICANS, VETERANS, HOMELESS AND FAMILIES-EVERYONE-HERE AT HOME!!!
My friends and fellow Americans, every one has a right to say how they feel, but may I say United we stand and divided we fall,the real enemy is not a body against us it’s when we forget to honor all life, God bless America ,,and please don’t forget to pray for us all
SAY THAT MS. PATRICIA!!!
BUT YOU “STILL” SHOULD START AT HOME!!! THAT’S LIKE CHOOSING WHO’S THE FAVORITE BETWEEN TWO KIDS. THAT WILL CAUSE HATRED-AND WE AIN’T TRYING TO DO THAT OR HAVE THAT TOWARD THE AFGHAN REFUGEES. WE SERIOUSLY HAVE “TOO MUCH HATE” GOING ON RIGHT NOW!!!
There is no Commander in Chief in the Oval Office we have a Hitler hiding on a basement and to all who voted for this idiot are you happy..Remember he is a fake president not elected by the people but selected by those who are trying to destroy our country
Amen, I agree 100% he is a full-fledged idiot, and all the rest of the administration along with him! They are destroying America, and if something isn’t done about it we will never be able to recover!
Biden has made us the laughing stock of the world. A once-great nation fallen like the Bible states. A nation without God is a nation doomed to destruction!
GLENDA:
I’M SORRY TO HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS…BUT TRUMP MADE US THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THIS WORLD!!! HE HAS HELPED TO DESTROY AMERICA TOO!!! HE WAS THE LAUGHING STOCK OF ALL THE WORLD LEADERS-AND THEN LOATHED BY THEM!!! BUT HONESTLY-ALL OF THE LAST 4 PRESIDENTS HAVE DESTROYED AMERICA, AND THE NEXT ONE WILL TOO!!! BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEMSELVES AND NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SERVING!!! SO WE CAN’T JUST BLAME IT ON BIDEN, OR TRUMP-OR ANY OTHER PRESIDENT ALONE!!! AND LET’S NOT FORGET THOSE GREEDY FOLKS IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE-THEY TOO HELPED TO WRECK AND DESTROY AMERICA!!! BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HELP OUR OWN FELLOW COUNTRYMEN & WOMEN & CHILDREN-“FIRST”!!!
WELL LORENZO:
THEN THAT’S “TWO FAKE-ASS” PRESIDENTS WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST 2 ELECTIONS!! ‘CAUSE TRUMPS ASS WAS JUST RETARDED!! BUT THE POINT IS: ALL AMERICANS ARE FAMILY, AMERICA IS OUR HOME AND WE SHOULD BE EXTENDING OUR HANDS OUT TO THEM FIRST!!! NOT LEAVING THEM IN THE LERCH, WHILE YOU RESCUE SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T LIVE HERE. I’M NOT SAYING LET THEM DIE OR BE ABUSED, BUT ISN’T THERE SOMEWHERE ELSE THEY COULD HAVE GONE?!!! THIS IS JUST ME.
I am happy to see people helping other people no matter their race, religion, or political preference. That includes helping Americans, Afghans, an anyone else in need. There are tremendous support networks in the US and virtually none in Afghanistan. I don’t believe that any Americans were executed today simply based on their beliefs, but some were in Afghanistan. That is where the greater need is at the moment. Please support these folks trying to help others that are in crisis.
DAVID:
THE GREATER NEED IS AT HOME-HERE IN AMERICA!!! WE CAN’T GO AROUND STRETCHING OURSELVES THIN AND THEN GET ATTACKED-LIKE 9-11. THE GREATEST NEED-MY MAN, IS HERE IN OUR COUNTRY!!! WE NEED TO FORTIFY OUR MILITARY!!! TO ME, IT SHOWS OTHER COUNTRIES HOW WEAK WE ARE BY GOING AND RUNNING TO EVERY OTHER COUNTRY’S WHIM-AND YET WE LEAVE OUR OWN PEOPLE HANGING ON BY A THREAD TO GET AMBUSHED IN THIS COUNTRY. AND OUR OWN COUNTRYMEN & WOMEN ARE BEING TOSSED TO THE SIDE WHILE SOMEONE ELSE CAN JUST BE INVITED IN AND BE GIVEN FOOD, SHELTER, AND MONEY, AND WHATEVER OTHER RESOURCES THERE ARE AVAILABLE. I KNOW PEOPLE OF “ALL KINDS OF ETHNICITIES” THAT ARE $2.00 OVER THE AMOUNT AND CAN’T GET FOOD OR HELP FROM SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THEIR FAMILIES. I KNOW OTHERS THAT ARE JUST “A HALF” A PAYCHECK FROM BEING HOMELESS-WITH KIDS!!!-AND THEY ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE!!! SO NO!!! THE GREATER NEED IS HERE IN OUR AMERICA!!!
There are American soldiers, sailors and marines in
both political parties. Can’t we have discussions as military people that love our country without insulting each other? I’m a RN, I don’t ask people their political beliefs before I take care of them. I make a point of treating every military person like family. Reading these comments make me wonder how long America can survive such diversion. And I also wonder why there is so much animosity towards each other.
Since those 3 vessels came to south shores, a balloon started it’s way up into the sky and it continue and continue it’s journey. Now after 300-400 years later, that balloon it’s on way down and has began to hurt
all humanity in our globe. Difference do not matter.
I’m ashamed at what our leaders did. We bombed our enemy in Afghanistan after 9-11 and should have left, but we didn’t. Our dumb asses had a new experiment. We gave our trusted word. “You help us, and we have your back.” I could write a book on the disgust I have over this catastrophe, but I won’t. You make a deal and shake hands on it and it should be honored. I’m a grown man and read between the lines. It makes me cry. Fix what you can salvage of it.
In 1979 Jay and I (joe) with the guidance of COL Art Simmons smuggled 2 EDS executives out of IRAN , Read “On Wings OF Eagles” by Ken Follett . It is a documented event which happened !
We can do it if your game !
Mr. Perot wanted the Carter admin to step up and help with troops but Carter was just as chicken as these current guys.
Both jay and I where former commissioned offices in the US Army. We can help ! ,
Pick a leader and some planners who think outside the box !
Do not let the ego and hard chargers run the show . They will think normal.
It is the simplest of plans that will work in that middle east mind set !
We know it best ! Joe 303 912 5637 [email protected]