Rep. Michael Waltz, a Republican who represents Florida’s 6th district, is simply a Jacksonville native

Army veteran, present congressman frustrated by concern successful AfghanistanArmy veteran, present congressman frustrated by concern successful Afghanistan

Multiple bombings took the lives of a dozen American subject members Thursday successful Kabul and much than 60 Afghans were killed.

President Joe Biden says helium stands by his determination to retreat and extremity a 20-year war, and portion helium says the evacuation ngo volition continue, helium besides said the subject volition onslaught backmost astatine ISIS-K -- the panic radical believed to beryllium liable for the onslaught successful Kabul.

“Here’s what you request to know: These ISIS terrorists volition not win. We volition rescue the Americans. We volition get our Afghan allies and our ngo volition spell on. America volition not beryllium intimidated,” Biden said.

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Many Americans are infuriated by the unit and chaos astatine the Kabul airport. That choler pairs with grief from veterans similar Rep. Michael Waltz, a Republican from Jacksonville who represents Florida’s 6th District.

The Green Beret and present congressman is frustrated.

“The quality assemblage was wide arsenic of yesterday that it’s not a substance of if Al-Qaeda comes back, it’s conscionable when. Except present we person nary bases successful the region, we gave them away. We person nary section allies, they are being hunted down,” Waltz said. “And the happening that’s truthful darn infuriating is that aboriginal soldiers are going to person to spell backmost and combat done billions of dollars of American instrumentality that a violent service present has.”

Waltz served aggregate combat tours successful Afghanistan, and has a connection for his chap veterans who are frustrated oregon heartbroken.

Listen, I privation them to perceive me, crystal clear, to each of that acquisition -- your sacrifice was not successful vain,” Waltz said. “An full procreation of Americans person grown up present successful peace, without the menace of planes flying into buildings, without the menace of termination bombers successful schools, without the menace of coercion coming home. And truthful they should beryllium arrogant of that.”

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At slightest 140 injuries person been blamed connected the onslaught astatine the airport.

Biden said Thursday that the evacuation effort has seen much than 100,000 American citizens, partners, Afghan allies, and others removed from the state successful the past 11 days.

Biden’s withdrawal deadline is August 31.

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