Afghanistan is a shithole country infested with Muslim scum. After 19 years of wasted money and wasted soldiers it's time to get everyone out. Now!

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Bring Our Troops Home From Afghanistan

I have lost close friends in Afghanistan. Every day I think of their widows and children left fatherless. They did their duty. Now it’s time for our civilian leadership to do its duty and bring our troops home.

November 18, 2020

Regarding your editorial “Rush for the Afghan Exits?” (Nov. 16): I was a Marine fighter pilot who was one of the first to fight in the American Afghan war 19 years ago. I flew my first mission less than one month after the 9/11 attacks. Along with my fellow USS Theodore Roosevelt aviators we toppled the Taliban and decimated the al Qaeda leadership. I thought the war was near its end when our ship returned in the spring of 2002. Today, Americans are still on Afghanistan’s soil.

I have lost close friends in Afghanistan. Every day I think of their widows and children left fatherless. They did their duty. Now it’s time for our civilian leadership to do its duty and bring our troops home.

Candidate Barack Obama promised to do this, but as president he escalated foreign involvement manyfold in many places. President Trump is actually ending endless wars. I applaud his efforts and his commitment to bringing every last one of our troops home from Afghanistan. I hope and pray they are with their families for Christmas—safe and sound. Most Americans still can’t find Afghanistan on a map. After 19 years our National Command Authority has yet to clearly state our mission in Afghanistan.

Joshua Zager
Fair Haven, New Jersey