Marine lieutenant colonel speaking out? (After the Kabul attack)
I admit, I could not stomach all the reports, but Courtney Kube, on Meet The Press (yes, the "horrible Chuck Todd" program) had these comments:
No. The past two weeks have been a Pentagon that I've never seen before. First off, the attack on Thursday -- that had an impact on members of the military and leadership, the Pentagon, like nothing I've ever seen. Obviously, any time there's an attack, service members are killed, yes. This was such a punch to the gut and it had such a dramatic impact on morale, unlike anything I've seen in almost 20 years there. And, and I think that's why we saw something like that Marine lieutenant colonel speaking out. People may not realize, he had 17 years in the military --
And also, he's putting his retirement in jeopardy, which is --
Yes, he's less than three years to retirement and putting into retirement. But this had -- I am hearing a lot of finger pointing at other places outside the Pentagon right now.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-august-29-2021-n1277894
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