Jimmy Settle was a pararescueman in Afghanistan, part of U.S. Air Force special operations. The Purple Heart recipient says he joined the unit to make a difference and save lives, describing a close call that only served to reinforce his mission. He discusses his complicated feelings on the U.S. withdrawal.
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This makes you want to throw up how dare we vital guns tanks so this means we have new weapons of defense.
Taliban isn't going to take care of people, but maybe these events will show how much we should take care of our own freedoms here in the US. People need to fight for their freedoms and never give them up
Good for NBC reporting real journalism and having the courage to have the comments turned on. God bless our military and may Joe Biden answer for his crimes. Take out these worthless employees of Americans and get someone in that can do the job. 2022 and 2024 will save America. Thank you NBC.
Pararescue is my favorite group of the us military. That others May live.
Bay of Pigs. Biden pulled air support, then sabotaged the Afghanistan Air Force
Jajajajaja loser jajaja
Biden is no bear
Why the American soldier in Afganistan land?
Thank you and all the people who saved lives and gave their lives to protect them over those many years. God bless
Biden is just obeying his Chinese masters
I wonder what we aren't being told about the entire thing.We need more soldiers to tell their stories thanks!!!
BRAVO ZULU
Since when have we ever had a smooth withdrawal from any War without more blood being spilt , Biden did the right thing and I will vote again for Biden Harris and every Democrat and progressive………
Bush must be proud…. "mission accomplish"… for real this time.
In point – removing Osama Bin Laden. With that said, this could have been the only mission. Destroy the target and leave. Staying 20 years…
Whatever losers.. Run like dogs
Well said. A great hero who risked his life to save others.
Thank you sir for your service. I'm happy we are not either.
He sounds like a sodimite
Yeh, this American thinks that the giant bear ðŸÂ» is within America, so do we, keep in mind that the Muslim countries that American invaded, will never and never bow to you nor to anyone in the world, if you keep fighting us we will and I assure you we will fight like a wild animals against you, and we will cast terror in the heart of our enemies, till the last breath.
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Well said sir.. Thanks for your message and Service. Thank you 😊America 🇺🇸shall be watching those Talibags!!
Now the "face of terror" might be Joe Biden. After this is over, We will count and compair the number of people who suffered both by Joe and that former evil.
Thank you for your service, Air man your service is immeasurable God bless you & yours. Juan.bx n.y.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, President Biden. Getting out of no-win situations is something that puts the US in a better position. It is just sad that we did not do this years ago. I suspect that just as Iraq’s trillions of dollars of oil reserves was the motivation why the trillionaire families had the US invade Iraq (until they later sold the Iraqi oil contracts to China), the trillions of dollars in mineral reserves of Afghanistan were the reason why the trillionaire families caused the US to remain in Afghanistan for decades: after all, none of their kids ever died or was crippled fighting in the US army in Afghanistan.
Unless taxes on the trillionaires are changed, so they actually pay taxes, the US government has limited funds and must spend them only where they will yield a benefit: Afghanistan was never one of those places after Al qaeda was defeated. See “The wealthiest Americans avoided billions in taxes by voluntarily doing something most only do out of necessity: borrowing money†in business insider, which is why US corporations often avoid paying any dividends, so their trillionaire owners can live off of loans and pay no US taxes. See “How big is the problem of tax evasion?†in the billionaire funded Brookings. See “Tax cheats deprive governments worldwide of $427 billion a year, crippling pandemic response: study†in Washington post which is a huge under count.
Note that billionaire owned newspaper legalistically talks about “cheats†as opposed to those who use loopholes like the foreign income exclusion from taxation in the US tax code. That is called tax avoidance and is still perfectly legal. See “Apple Successfully Avoids $50 Billion in American Taxes†in gizmodo. See “Tax Avoidance Costs The U.S. Nearly $200 Billion Every Year [Infographic]†in Forbes.
As an attorney, I can tell you that is also a gigantic undercount, for example, because most Americans do not realize that there are discreet, hidden families out there that own not billions of dollars but TRILLIONS of dollars in carefully hidden assets. They are secretive because they fear kidnappings, etc.
See “How multinationals continue to avoid paying hundreds of billions of dollars in tax – new research†in the conversation. See “Does the U.S. Tax Code Encourage ‘Tax Avoidance’?†in debt d o t o r g. The answer, of course, is YES it does, because the trillionaires bribed/own the souls of our politicians. Who do you think always funds all of the initial candidacies of politicians and, thereafter, keeps many in power through their money: trillionaires and billionaires. Many persons who are thought to be billionaires are actually the secretly-hired agents of trillionaires, who hold them by the short hairs: e.g., by demand promissory notes for much more than the factories and other assets of the “billionaires†are truly worth, BS aside.
As the decreasing foreign purchases of US treasuries show, the US has been painted into a corner by the banksters's massive thieving and control of the government through their "Federal" Reserve, which is privately owned but has the word "federal" in its name to deceive Americans. (The banksters are, or are agents of, the trillionaire families.) See Britain's Second Empire: The Spider's Web. See “The Big Bank Bailout†in Forbes Magazine. See “The Dark Secrets in the Fed’s Last Wall Street Bailout Are Getting a Devious Makeover in Today’s Bailout†in counterpunch d o t o r g. See "U.S. Billionaires Faced Tax Rates as Low as 0%: ProPublica" in the billionaire's Bloomberg wealth. See "Audit Of The Federal Reserve Reveals $16 Trillion In Secret Bailouts" in countercurrents.
While there were desperate, Afghan people due to the exit, and the US should grant those who helped us asylum, Afghanistan was a non-win situation: the best evidence is that a huge, Afghan army abandoned its weapons or surrendered rapidly.
Too many now foolishly forget how US casualties were rising dramatically in 2019 and would have spiked if the US-Taliban agreement signed by Trump had been broken by the Biden administration. See "Taliban prisoner release: Afghan government begins setting free last 400" in BBC.
Thus, even the trillionaires' GOP and orange blubber ball recognized that the military situation there was hopeless in 2019. There might even be a positive: if the CCP continues its genocides against Muslims, the fanatical Taliban may eventually start supporting an insurgency in China.
The CCP knows this and is trying to cozy up to the Taliban. It will be like that lady trying to feed an alligator recently, except no one will be there to pull the CCP's hand out of the Taliban alligator's mouth. LOL
This is the guy from Casey Neistat's video!
I hope everything will better soon
Greeting from Ukraine.He is a honest and courageous man. I respect this fellow.War is a blood and a mud.
The present admin. Should take away the fact no one is above the law and their timd is coming ..one way or antherr they will be held accountable…
I am trying to understand how going to war is a good thing but it seems like a paradox to me, I know Why it happens, but how does attacking some one stop the violence. They did what they did in reponse to what had been done to them, and just kept that circle of Violence going
Such an angelic man, I hope he isn't dealing with any issues and trauma
Bless his soul and the souls of every man and woman that fought for our country. Thank you for your service.
Onward Christian Soldier
Here is your answer brother better them than us
Land of the free
Well set long live america
Those people aren't children. If they will not fight for themselves? 🇺🇸 HAS enough problems
I respect and honor this soldier and his bravery and his devotion for this country. But 911 is ground Zero now that will never change or bring them back. Just like that and now they took over a country. Who's to promise we are not next. Money greed and power first. The rest is BS.. the sleeping dragon is waking up. No one will escape their grip. Dictatorship becomes a strong hold when you let them disarm you and control the food resources. An example of this is the fall of the Venezuelan people and Cuba. "WAKE UP AMERICA"!!!
Great guy – parents must be so proud of you!!!
Hahaha 63 comments on a video from a national news agency "supposedly" holding themselves to a standard of moral integrity. What a joke. Enjoy playing sides and dividing your own people with love from South Africa. PS: I know my politicians are corrupt as sh!t, the difference is our media has integrity, look up the definition sometime.
You stayed and fought
Our president runs back to camp David to hide and finish his vacation
its sad that the afgah military and its leaders didn't have this much dedication to their country. salute to all who served and currently serve
Thanks for your service