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Posted on Jul 1, 2021
Maj Alea Nadeem
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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When the US rolled into Iraq and dismantled the Sunni government, it gave power to the Shia who would end up running the government. We inverted the power structure of two groups who hated each other. I question if the US military even asked Iraqis about the politics and religions of Iraq.

I am very disappointed with the US. We made promises but our words were often worthless. Various agencies became obstacles to the promises we made to interpreters. It became a bureaucratic nightmare. That is when US leaders should have stepped in to fix the problem, but it never happened. If you make f@cking promises then your word should be gold. Our word was often made of air. It's really pathetic.

This is a f@cking example of one way loyalty.
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SFC Barbara Layman
SFC Barbara Layman
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MAJ Ken L - "I am very disappointed with the US. We made promises but our words were often worthless."

Unfortunately, it's part of our history - what we do. Remember the American Indians and the broken treaties? The abandonment of those who were abandoned during the fall of Saigon? There are other examples. Our support of Castro when he overthrew Batista in Cuba - look at what happened there.

Our politicians are the problem. They rely on staffers to research and 'advise.' Seems to me they should be doing their own research as the advice the get is questionable at best.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
MAJ Ken Landgren
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SFC Barbara Layman - I think I read that Biden said make this a priority. We needed leaders who could make things happen.
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SFC Barbara Layman
SFC Barbara Layman
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MAJ Ken Landgren - And Biden caused how many American citizens and allies behind in Afghanistan? Yep, he made it a priority.
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MAJ Ron Peery
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Best of luck in your efforts. All of my interpreters who wanted to get out have made it, although every one of them had to wait for the "process" to work. Bureaucracy is never efficient.
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CSM William Everroad
CSM William Everroad
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MAJ Ron Peery We had the same experience. It is a long vetting process and no amount of command intervention seemed to help get answers for the interpreters. I heard the last one of ours got relocated earlier this year.
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MAJ Ron Peery
MAJ Ron Peery
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CSM William Everroad - The first of our terps to apply got his fairly quickly. Got over here and couldn't find a job, so he joined the Army. Ended up back in Afghanistan when his brigade deployed. His job? Interpreter.
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MAJ Ron Peery
MAJ Ron Peery
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A little update: In the last week I have had three men contact me asking for help getting out. One of them was never a terp. He worked for a contractor, never for military. One was gone by the time I arrived at Farah. And one was at my post, but worked for a different unit. You can't help everyone, as much as you'd like to. Best advice to them right now is, first, get yourself out of the country the best way you can. Second, destroy your cell phone. There's a lot of incriminating evidence on that thing. Last, take up arms and kill Taliban whenever you encounter them.
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SFC Randy Hellenbrand
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This always was a total mess. Right from the get fo with Idiot Ronnie, Bush Sr. and W.
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SGT Pedro Belardo
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I agree completely. And to add that any candidate for President of the USA should have served in the Armed Forces and also to receive classes of an impartial nature of the history behind all these ethnic and religious battles and the groups involved.
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So Barry and Joey had no part in the fiasco?
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