There is more at stake now

To the Editor:

Despite the rebuttal of my recent article by a misinformed Fort Bragg citizen using left wing sources to validate her position (Opinions 8/19/21), there is more at stake for us now.

Her opinions and mine have been obscured by the Biden Afghanistan debacle. The Afghan problem has caused left wing propaganda media outlets NY Times, CNN and MSNBC to question the competence of this administration.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley aren’t sharing Biden’s belief that U.S. Personnel now in Afghanistan will be extracted and safely returned home to the United States despite understandable chaos. General Austin, once the CENTCOM commander, knows better than most, the contingency plans that exist for this exact situation. Ideally, contingency plans activate in time to facilitate phased exodus of Americans and their key support people prior to announcement by POTUS of an exit date. This did not occur.

The UK, France and Germany have taken independent action to get their people out of Afghanistan and safely returned to their homeland.

Out hope must be that the U.S. Marines and members of the 82nd Airborne now responding to this unprecendented presidential failure can accomplish a miracle and locate and extract not less than 10,000 American citizens despite the dire circumstances.

Speaker Pelosi states all is going well. Senior Democrats always demand we believe what they say, not what We see!