Biden's Afghanistan Scandal

I'm sad and beyond angry, and you should be too, watching the scandalous disaster unfolding in Afghanistan. Yes, it is a scandal. It's happening because we have cowards at the highest levels of government. 

Sadly, too many military leaders are more interested in satisfying the left than they are in being worthy of leading our brave troops into battle.

I can't imagine the emotions that millions of veterans, active-duty military, their families and the families of the fallen are feeling today. So, my message is for them.

This fiasco is not on your backs. You are patriots who answered the call of our country. You're in the same tradition as the men who fought on Concord Bridge, on the beaches of Normandy, at Pork Chop Hill in Korea and Khe Sanh in Vietnam. 

To the Gold Star mothers and fathers: Your sons and daughters did not die in vain. Their sacrifice protected this country for 20 years from another 9/11 attack.

To the wounded warriors who left an arm or a leg on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq: We know your sacrifice. A grateful nation loves you. You are better than the people who led you into wars they would not let you win.

To those who returned home mentally wounded and are overcome with despair, I beg you, do not give in to it. We need you now more than ever.

To every American: Reach out to a veteran or military family today. Tell them that nothing can ever cancel the heroism that their sons, daughters and they have displayed. And then pray that we can still rescue our country, this "shining city upon a hill," before it's too late.