Veterans and former law enforcement reacts to the Afghanistan withdrawal at Keystone Grill near Fort Lee, Virginia
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Lets check back in with our
lets check back in with our
Fox amp friends, enterprise
reporter Lawrence Jones, whose
having breakfast with Ourur
friends a few miles from Fort
Lee at the Keystone Grill in
Colonial Heights, Virginia
hey Lawrence
reporter, hey there, my friend
good, to be back with you
im here with Martha
Marthas family has served in
every single war since the
revolution-
yes
reporter. Why was this one
different?
This one was different
because our country has been
betrayed.
We have traders who have given
our lives, the soldiers lives
and have given money and stuff
to terrorists, and it is not a
good thing.
Freedom is what this country
stands for, and if people
understand that freedom and
where it comes from, then they
will appreciate it and stand and
fight for it
reporter thanks Martha
guys. I want you to walk with me
and youve been hearing that all
morning here at the diner
ive got Curtis. Here you served
and also law enforcement.
You said the way this was done
was a slap in the face.
I do
I believe we were in Afghanistan
for the right reasons.
I believe our troops there kept
us safer here and the hasty,
irresponsible manner in which we
left was a slap in their face.
I believe that
I believe that our troops won
the war there and our leaders,
our so called leaders surrender
that victory and its
disgraceful
reporter. You also served law
enforcement as well.
Yes, I did,
and military
reporter and military.
What are your thoughts on the
way that we left this war
were approaching nine slash. Eleven
was the victory in vein.
Was the service in vein?
Never
being military is always good to
serve
they serve well.
I have friends that went to
Afghanistan, went to Iraq and
didnt come back.
I just want to know where do we
go from here? What do we do?
How do we repair our
relationship with the world with
our allies?
How do we repair that
weve turned our back on them
and, like Curtis said it was a
hasty action it wasnt planned
being military. We never would
have done that
we planned for those things. We
never would have just dropped
everything and run.
I dont know how we get our
credibility back with our allies
and im afraid. China is
going to just look at this as
another step to take
Taiwan
reporter guys. You all hear the
raw emotion here,
weve been hearing it all
morning,
leaving people behind they take
it very personal,
the thirteen veterans that we have
right here that paid the
ultimate sacrifice. They
went there to get our people
back,
they sacrificed their life to go,
get our people back and you hear
from veterans and their families
ive been talking to them all
morning and they said that they
just honor them by not making
sure that every American was on
those planes before they left
guys its been an emotional
morning.
It has been a breath taking
morning, but its also been a
learning experience being on the
ground. Talking with these
veterans on the ground,
we have people in Vietnam. We
have family members that have
been in every single war since
the very beginning. They are
passionate people and caring
people
guys ill, send it back to you in
New York,
Brian. You got the other
element of the story and thats
the Afghans coming here, and our
Americans coming back
thanks Lawrence
Ainsley. Thank you. Lawrence
military community,
thanks family
Steve, thats, great and such raw
emotions, because its such an
UN american thing to do is to
leave people behind
Brian. The president. Let.
Transcript generated on 2021-09-02.