For many men and women who served in Afghanistan over the roughly two decades the U.S. has occupied the country, watching the Taliban simply sweep through the country uncontested is both depressing and infuriating.
That sentiment is shared by Senator Ron Johnson, who said in a news release that the situation is “depressing to witness.”
In that same news release, he shared sentiments shared by a former aid that worked for him after serving in Afghanistan, where he lost both of his legs.
Former Army Captain Jason Church said that “The worst part of seeing the fall of Afghanistan & its evacuation is knowing many Americans gave their life there. Others, myself included, spilled blood in its sands. It’s a bitter feeling to know the ground I lost my legs on is in Taliban hands. What did I lose them for?”
Johnson also said that he hopes and prays that “Biden’s abandonment of Afghanistan does not end as badly as did President Obama’s disastrous decision to bug out of Iraq.”
