What are your feelings as the Taliban reclaim Afghanistan after 20 years of US involvement?

I’m heartbroken. I know it was naive but I never thought this would be how it would end.

I am 66 yo Nam kid DV. I am under attack on my well being.

I hate our government for doing this. This is the second time in my life, that the dems
have done this.

We should have ended our mission in Afghanistan when the US neutralized the Taliban, and the rest of the bad actors and Bin Laden escaped into Pakistan.

I am very angry, frustrated and can't believe what I am seeing on television. I am disappointed in our senior leadership, both Military and Civilian, for allowing this to happen this way. I am glad we are finally getting out of Afghanistan, but there has to be a better way. I am proud of what I and my fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines accomplished in Afghanistan and saw many positive actions from our service members when I was over there. Would be proud to do it again if I had too.

All we had to do, was stay there. Germany, Japan, Italy, England, Guam, etc are all military mass deployment sites. Ok,8 could be wrong about these, but who cares, you understand.

Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait, why do we have to deploy to Kuwait when they're nothing going on? Afghanistan could become the next Germany. Iraq, the next Japan.

The young man's Vietnam. I watched one on the television and pretty much lent my overt assistance to another, but the similarities are neary identical.

Well its sad how it came about. When I was there 14 years ago we were still in the early stages of training them. The Northern part was under the government and the Southern part was under several drug lords. While I was there I was blessed to serve with fellow men and women to get together and pray to OUR LORD and SAVIOUR while we there during that time. The group I was with were called PRT teams and as quick as we helped the locals the Taliban would attack and move across the border into Pakistan so we couldnt retaliate. Its like the lives that were lost from us and NATO were the unsung heroes. We got recognized and went through our struggles. I felt we would someday leave and they be trained enough to hold their country. After coming home my faith in GOD only increased and appreciating what I had had here. Those of u still going through things remember YOUR LORD has a plan for u. The enemy may rule down here and its frustrating seeing them do what they do to innocents, they will get theirs in the end times

Retired LS1 Bronka

Best article I've found that reflects my thoughts on the topic. We all knew that a tribal Afghanistan would not become a modern nation in less than a couple generations. In a messy world there are no perfect solutions and sometimes there aren't solutions within our power to impose. The beef I have is the way the last couple months of withdrawal have been handled. Bagram should have been held until everything else had been settled and all Americans were out. Now we're trying to secure a civilian airport at the capitol instead of using an already secure military airbase.

https://www.danielgreenfield.org/2021/08/the-afghan-army-didnt-surrender-it.html

I knew this was going to happen from the got damn get-go. the ana and the leaders are yellow-bellied cowards and ran with their tails tucked between their manginas. I am angry as fck and I can't tell anyone at home because they won't understand and I don't want to drag them down with my anger about this situation.
20 years of our time and money and lives spent and wasted on a country that was never going to take charge of their own peoples and government. Our top leaders failed us because they couldn't get their heads out of their behinds. Noses up in the air and make a clear-cut mission as they did back in ww2.
I am just sick and tired and 1 day or 1000 they were never going to take control. We did what we came to do and if the ana wanted to play dumb and just be there for the paycheck so be it but even the boot could tell you the higher-ups were useless no plan having asses. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk!
All the brilliant minds in the pentagon and yall came up with hearts and minds really?! Ok I'm done I just........................