{"id":324367,"date":"2021-08-14T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vets-watch-afghanistan-crumble-with-anger-sadness\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T13:11:00","slug":"vets-watch-afghanistan-crumble-with-anger-sadness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vets-watch-afghanistan-crumble-with-anger-sadness\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vets watch Afghanistan crumble with anger, sadness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Vets watch Afghanistan crumble with anger, sadness<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The speed of the Taliban\u2019s advance across Afghanistan in the past few weeks left US veterans who served in America\u2019s longest war \u201cstunned and dismayed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one will hurt for a long time, man,\u201d Sean Gustafson, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who deployed to the city of Herat in western Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007, told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/veterans\/2021-08-13\/afghanistan-veterans-taliban-kajaki-helmand-collapse-2542332.html\">Stars and Stripes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Herat, where Gustafson and other troops built schools, fell to the insurgents on Thursday. In just weeks, the Taliban has swept across the country as the US started moving its troops out after 20 years, leaving the vets watching in shock.<\/p>\n<p>Some told the military <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper that the final days of the US presence should have been handled better. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA complete pullout is not only unnecessary, it is sabotage,\u201d said Army Staff Sgt. Seamus Fennessy, who fought in Ghazni province in 2010.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Pakistani soldiers stand guard as stranded Afghan nationals return to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 14\" class=\"wp-image-19131143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pakistani soldiers stand guard as stranded Afghan nationals return to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 14.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-010.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A Pakistani soldier (L) stands guard as stranded Afghan nationals arrive to return to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 14\" class=\"wp-image-19131153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-010.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-010.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-010.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A Pakistani soldier (L) stands guard as stranded Afghan nationals arrive to return to Afghanistan at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 14.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19131105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/afghanistan-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Taliban fighters sit on the back of a vehicle in the city of Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Hamed Sarfaraz<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The withdrawal, he said, was \u201ca betrayal of American and international forces who have expended so much in life and limb to prevent the resurgence of the Taliban,\u201d adding that some troops should have stayed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Other vets were deluged with messages from people they knew in Afghanistan seeking help getting visas to escape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe we stayed longer than we should have, but the manner in which we pulled out, it\u2019s just unfortunate, and my heart breaks,\u201d said Christy Barry, who deployed to Afghanistan multiple times as both an Air Force officer and a civilian adviser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou pour your heart into it, and at the time, it feels like you\u2019re doing something great and you\u2019re making a difference,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd looking back on it now, I still feel that way, but it\u2019s with a sadness.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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