For those of us who served during the forever war in Afghanistan, our withdrawal just over a year ago will stay with us until we die. So many of us left pieces of ourselves in that country, literally and figuratively. So many of us served with and, in many instances, owe our lives to the Afghan partners we trained and fought beside.
It is a stain on our country that will take generations to fade and is a wound in my generation of veterans’ hearts that will never fully heal. And while there is some hope that perhaps we will get some answers as to what the hell happened with the new Republican majority promising investigations and hearings, stories like the one I’m about to tell you highlight just how broken our government has become.
It’s easy to become numb to the numbers we hear daily, statistics showing how far we’ve fallen – from the economy and crime to the border and failing test scores. So sometimes it’s worth focusing on one number or, in this case, one man.
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