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

The president totally botched and as far as I'm concerned has no idea what he's doing. It's not him making the decisions. The administration he has are totally woke and have no idea what the real world is

I’ve been there twice. Once several years ago, and I just got back last year from a second deployment. It sucks see everyone’s time go to waste, and how we wasted American lives just to leave it an absolute mess. Those who died for this war I feel have died in vain, we owed them a much better ending for what they had to endure. Such a waste of human life.

We also went over there for the wrong reasons, and are now leaving the country in shambles. The Taliban is taking over and quickly. Very few seem to be willing to fight for their own country, and now men, women and children will sadly suffer. There was no plan in place to keep them safe from the Taliban, nothing that would actually work. I fear we left them to die. So what was the point of being there? Oh yeah, right… Politics.

After 20 years we could have left better than this! …and to hear we left our own people behind is extremely concerning and alarming. Everything about this is just wrong, and there are too many out there who don’t seem concerned about any of this. Like it’s normal, when it’s not. If we’re okay with leaving our own people behind, what does that say about us? Nothing about this is right. We owed those who died for this war so much more, the families who lost a loved one in the war so much more, the people who’s country we went into for the wrong reasons so much more. This is sad and disturbing in every way.

Anyone local to Lexington KY area, let's meetup and discuss this.

With all of these emotions, I have to remind myself — it’s ok to be sad, angry, confused, frustrated, or really, any other feeling. People that haven’t served and haven’t been there may not understand. That’s ok, too. Talk with others — don’t bottle it up. Reach out to a buddy who’s served, talk with a Vietnam Veteran or seek out a support group at a local veteran’s organization — have the conversations. And above all else, stand proud of your service. De Oppresso Liber.

By Herb Thompson

I feel exactly what Thompson said…

Extremely upset! This administration really let everyone down!

There's nothing in this pullout that was done well. It so much looks like Saigon to this Vet.

Yet I can't imagine us not having to pull out and admit defeat, not because of anything you or I did, but because of our spineless media, our politicians who are more interested in their personal power than in the lives and pain it costs, and the Hate America scumbags. Arabic is better than English for cursing such scumbags. "May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotches of these despicable, spineless, limp-wristed, scum-sucking bottom-feeders."

There was a COL of the North Vietnamese army who later told us that they were sure they were defeated, and would have to give up. Yet every time they thought they would have to slink across the border to China and give up, and article would appear in the MSM which would convince then to hang on another month or two. They won the war because of this.

I believe that if we had announced that we planned to be in the 'Stan for 30 to 40 years, long enough to raise the literacy rate in the country to a civilized level, that we were firmly committed to a peaceful and productive Afghanistan, and no group of bastards was going to talk us out of it, that we could have completed our mission and left 10 years ago, and not leave another pariah state like North Korea in our wake.

At bare minimum, I can't believe we couldn't spare enough thermite grenades to keep the Taliban from getting all our equipment.

Knew this was coming, biden is a weak kneed, suck ass puppet. I believe we are in eminent danger, now that every taliban we had detained, is free, plus they have no telling how much of OUR ordinance. This debacle is his Saigon, but with grave consequences to come.

Done with total disregard for citizens, current administration should have phased war down, once again we refuse to let military minds make decisions. Mr President watch as citizens are executed.

Makes me very mad. I had foreign nationals who died helping us in ISAF.
Every time politicians are involved it goes FUBAR. Dept of State was a politically correct, hog wash spewing bunch of know nothing egg heads.
It takes 3 generations at least to re-teach and change a culture. We stayed so long we might as well have finished it. McCarthy helped the Japanese people to change and achieve world recognition and peace.
We put a lot of effort into Bagram. I did two there and one in Kabul with a six month extension to KAF.
What a bunch of cowards we have in upper leadership. They damned well knew this was much more than a possibility if not done correctly and in a metered fashion.
Now, how many citizens and friendlies will die.
Follow the money. I have a suspicion that not enough was being made to make it worth while….maybe the money to support was needed for hotels for illegal immigration, hire more IRS agents to audit Americans, elections are coming. Need to claim the politicians made s miracle happen.
This isn’t Saigon, worse. Saigon was more a withdrawal under Fire. Poorly organized but not like this. No causalities for 18 months. No running battles until the President surrendered
Hang in there 10th and Marines!
Can I go to the VA now and bitch about the war I thought I would win?

If we fail to learn the lessons of history, we are bound to repeat them. How long have we propped crooked governments who stole countless US Dollars and allowed them to stay in office? While we may hate current administration, let us not forget who set the withdrawal in motion. So since Jan 1, 2021 we have seen an attack on the nations capitol, and collapse of another nation both incidents are tied to two men. Lets not put these two in any office again.