Let the Families of the 13 Fallen Speak
that's about it
I don’t think I really want or need to say all that much as we come up to another anniversary of the fall of Kabul. I said a lot at the time - and to be frank - I’m not all that up to saying more right now.
Some of you may have seen two previous Monday’s Congressional forum in California that provided an opportunity for some of the Gold Star Families of the 13 service members who were killed in the attack at the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan in 2021 to speak.
I think I’ll just post the full video here. I have only been able to listen to a few minutes.
Go ahead, let 'em speak. No one listens to the parents of Tommy Atkins. Certainly not the D.C. elite.
We all served for various reasons, and we all recognize the flaws of our branch of service with its uniformly flawed meritocracy. We all continue to praise and believe in it inspite of its flaws. We trusted our non-rates, our PO's, LPO's, CPO's, DiV-O's, DH's and on up the chain.
Yet, I'd happily bet very few of us trusted the D.C. elite. The ivory tower advisors that have been in nothing but academia, government, or some partisan think-tank while they waited for their party to return to power in the White House.
Go ahead, let 'em speak. No one listens, certainly not the D.C. elite.
Next time anyone says, "You break it, you bought it" when it comes to retaliatory expeditions, can we tell them to shut up?