Friend,
I lost two legs and a finger serving our country in Afghanistan. Since then, many have asked me if it was worth it. Here’s what I tell them:
Those of us that served, we fought for our country. We fought for those on our left and right, and we’ll keep our heads high knowing that.
But Joe Biden has abandoned our allies and betrayed the thousands of men and women like me who sacrificed tremendously in pursuit of peace. And now, he’s even blaming Donald Trump for the disaster Joe Biden himself caused.
Joe Biden is a liar, and he deserves 100% of the blame for the oncoming humanitarian crisis.
On the evening of September 19, 2010, I was moving across the battlefield in Kandahar, Afghanistan narrowing in on a high-value target. As a bomb tech, it was my job to clear the way for the rest of our team by finding and disposing of any improvised bombs. I’d step left...and then right…left...and then right. Then...BANG!
The next thing I knew, I was in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. I looked down to the end of my bed where my feet should have been sticking up, but they weren’t. And every day since then when I wake up, I am reminded of my time in Afghanistan. The remnants of this war are going to last me the rest of my life, but I am one of the lucky ones—I made it home.
One member of our team was an Afghan interpreter. Once, he was on a mission and his tennis shoes got stuck in the mud so he finished the mission barefoot. He had a young son and daughter. He fought alongside us and was a friend to America.
Now, Joe Biden has sentenced thousands of Afghans who were our friends and allies to death. He has not learned the most important commitment of our soldiers: we do not leave men or women behind. Instead, he is more focused on the “optics” of the situation. Trying to blame everyone but himself.
Another lesson I learned in the Army is that leaders take responsibility for their actions. Joe Biden is refusing to do that, and as a result, Joe Biden does not deserve to have the words “commander” or “chief” anywhere in his title.
