Regardless of your political ideals one has to grieve for what is happening in Afghanistan. Innocent people are being slaughtered and our government failed to anticipate the realities of our withdrawal including the danger to our own citizens. Before going any further I encourage for you to pray for our citizens safe return, for the heroic members of our armed forces who are there to save them, for the innocents in Afghanistan and for our leaders to find better solutions for this country.
Some of the rhetoric surrounding this situation is astounding, especially the idea that the Afghanis haven't fought for themselves. Since the beginning of the conflict 66K members of their military & police have died along with 47K civilians. Without our support they have little chance against the Taliban. The plight of women & children is particularly disturbing and it appears that we have made no plans to help brave Afghan citizens that acted as guides, interpreters and more who are sure to be slaughtered with their families.
Now we must stand as citizens of the world, as Americans and as righteous people and insure that our government takes actions to save our citizens, to prevent the slaughter of innocents and to protect those that served and protected the members of our military during our 20 years in Afghanistan.
Peter told us in 1 Peter 4:10: As each has received a gift, use it to serve on another, as good stewards of God's varied grace.
We have received many gifts as American Citizens. Let's use our influence with our elected leaders and let them know that what is happening is unacceptable and that the must fix this immediately to spare every innocent life possible.
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