What a tragedy for thirteen Americans and their families as they lost their lives on August 26th doing their duty as Marines in the U.S. exodus from Kabul.
We should all pray for these families. This shouldn’t be about politics.
They are heroes though as to date over a hundred thousand have been airlifted to safety away from the Taliban and Isis… and other extreme groups in the region.
Again…if you get the opportunity read The Outpost by Jake Tapper. Today was not a surprise. Just an extension of a failed U.S. policy. Then maybe watch The Fall of Saigon if you’re too young to have lived through that period of American history.
We as Americans not only didn’t learn from our experience in Vietnam, we didn’t heed the Soviets’ failed occupation of Afghanistan.
This is why we ostensibly record and study history.
And sadly this is what happens when you ignore history.
We as Americans should all be praying that in the next five days no more Americans are killed in Afghanistan ending a failed policy which was never going to succeed.