Bex Dane's Blog - Posts Tagged "rogan"
The Fall of Kabul
I need to write about this. My heart is heavy for the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.
It feels so personal even though it's miles away.
People are saying we wasted billions of dollars and lives in a pointless war, but that bothers me because the work of the military might seem pointless at times, but there are intangible benefits.
Our brave soldiers, marines, sailors, special ops (SF) teams represented America over there. They took the war to their soil so we didn't have to fight them here. They did keep us safe for 20 years.
We shouldn't discount this.
And the women of Afghanistan, already so oppressed. This sets them back so far. I hope they all escape and find freedom like the women in my books.
I'm also reminded of the musical Miss Saigon, which is mentioned in Rogan, and the fall of Saigon.
Soliders had to leave loved ones behind.
Hopefully this evacuation is going better but I think of our special ops teams flying in there so bravely and the valiant heroes who were shot down in the same type of helicopters over the same skies. (At least two teams of SF in helos were shot down over Afghanistan with large numbers of fatalities.) Everyone flying those missions today is thinking of their lost brothers.
Anyway, I shouldn't take on the weight of the world because I can't solve it.
I work through these feelings in my books to try to make sense of it all. I think I'm getting there by looking deeper into the minds of the men and women of the military and how they serve with steadfast purpose and honor.
Kabul has fallen, but I'm still very proud of the American military who were deployed there, not to mention thousands of PMCs and Army Corps of Engineers, Red Cross, NGOs.
We did so much there and it is not a waste. I don't know what the future holds for Afghanistan or our military, but they should remain proud of the job we did.
I will allow myself to feel relieved we are out after this huge evac op is completed.
Here is the Miss Saigon Song: https://youtu.be/fqqvXwSVgXg
It feels so personal even though it's miles away.
People are saying we wasted billions of dollars and lives in a pointless war, but that bothers me because the work of the military might seem pointless at times, but there are intangible benefits.
Our brave soldiers, marines, sailors, special ops (SF) teams represented America over there. They took the war to their soil so we didn't have to fight them here. They did keep us safe for 20 years.
We shouldn't discount this.
And the women of Afghanistan, already so oppressed. This sets them back so far. I hope they all escape and find freedom like the women in my books.
I'm also reminded of the musical Miss Saigon, which is mentioned in Rogan, and the fall of Saigon.
Soliders had to leave loved ones behind.
Hopefully this evacuation is going better but I think of our special ops teams flying in there so bravely and the valiant heroes who were shot down in the same type of helicopters over the same skies. (At least two teams of SF in helos were shot down over Afghanistan with large numbers of fatalities.) Everyone flying those missions today is thinking of their lost brothers.
Anyway, I shouldn't take on the weight of the world because I can't solve it.
I work through these feelings in my books to try to make sense of it all. I think I'm getting there by looking deeper into the minds of the men and women of the military and how they serve with steadfast purpose and honor.
Kabul has fallen, but I'm still very proud of the American military who were deployed there, not to mention thousands of PMCs and Army Corps of Engineers, Red Cross, NGOs.
We did so much there and it is not a waste. I don't know what the future holds for Afghanistan or our military, but they should remain proud of the job we did.
I will allow myself to feel relieved we are out after this huge evac op is completed.
Here is the Miss Saigon Song: https://youtu.be/fqqvXwSVgXg
