To the editor:
For those of us who were part of the in country – on the ground,(with the people) American forces
in what was called “America’s longest war” can recollect the “Kick in the Gut” emotions as the collapse of Vietnam went to the Russian backed Socialists.
We had given our blood – sweat – and tears and more to do good.
Today we have folks in our own communities having to go through the same emotions with the take-over by the Taliban in “America’s latest longest war” We have to listen as cities, bases, providences, hills, roads and rivers (ground we walked on) fall to the evil ones.
I’ve had over 50 years to get over it – I haven’t!
We had every capability to help the people be free, except the politicians and our military leaders
wouldn’t let us. They played it as a game – we lived it. So there’s another place where good people lost their freedom to the evil ones – that look just like them. I only wanted them to have a chance to have what I had. From a verse by poet/singer Pete Sieger, “When will they ever learn?”
Mitch Abbas, U.S.M.C.
Cambria Valley
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