American Marine - to the troops being withdrawn from Afghanistan: You fought for good

20.08.2021 09:17

American Marine - to the troops being withdrawn from Afghanistan: You fought for good
US Marine Corps

The American media publishes materials that are interviews with servicemen (current and retired) who took part in the military campaign in Afghanistan in different years. The US Marines were interviewed by journalist Philip Utley.

From Utley's material:

Thousands of crowds in the center of Kabul are a vivid picture of the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. But the war is over for the United States, but whether it is over for Afghanistan itself, which has come under the control of the Taliban (* a terrorist organization banned in Russia) is a question. The Taliban quickly took over Afghanistan while the United States and its allies focused on the withdrawal. On this basis, many of the American military participants in the war in Afghanistan believe that the many casualties were in vain.

The article of the American journalist says that the veterans of the Afghan war cannot look without regret at how the troops actually flee from Afghanistan, handing it over to terrorists.

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Troy Black:

We must remain faithful to the memory of our deceased colleagues, not to dishonor it. We must be sure that they did not die in vain, doing their duty and defending their honor.

This is the statement of the Marine, who put his signature in the letter, which voiced an appeal to support the military personnel withdrawn (withdrawn) from Afghanistan.

The very statement about the need for support indicates that the American military, being withdrawn from Afghanistan, has psychological problems. US military personnel are well aware that the war is lost, that the lost human lives have not brought Afghanistan one step closer to "democracy and prosperity."

Utley, speaking with the American Marines, notes that they need psychological help. It was noted that the Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing for a sharp increase in the number of requests for psychological and psychiatric help in the near future.

Sergeant Troy Black:

We want to support the marines, the military. We say: you fought for good. You have always put him above yourself. You fought for your country, your family. You fought to prevent the return of terror to our shores. You fought for the freedom of young Afghans. You wanted to give them the same rights and freedoms that every American has.

At the same time, Black notes that he perfectly understands "what a pain in the soul of every US Marine leaving Kabul."