In July 2021, Joe Biden’s administration decided to abandon Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years. They shut off the electricity and quietly left during the night without informing the base’s Afghan commander. The Afghan commander discovered the departure over two hours after the Americans had left.
As a consequence, the Taliban quickly gained control of Bagram Air Base on August 15, 2021, which is located only 30 miles north of Kabul. In the process, the Islamist group released numerous terrorists held at its prison. The Biden administration and Afghan military left behind military equipment, uniforms, rations, and even sports drinks, which fell into the hands of the Taliban.
It has been reported that the ISIS suicide bomber responsible for murdering 13 US servicemen and women, as well as 169 Afghans, had been released by the Taliban from the Bagram Base prison in July.
Sadly, like every other aspect of this administration, the situation just keeps getting worse.
The family of Nicole Gee had to resort to fundraising to cover the expenses of transporting her remains to Arlington Cemetery.
The Daily Mail reported:
The family of a Marine who was killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 had to pay $60,000 to fly her body from California to Arlington to bury her.
Nicole Gee, 23, was one of 13 service members who died in a suicide blast at Kabul Airport in 2021 alongside 170 desperate Afghans seeking to leave the beleaguered country.
The terror attack, which ISIS claimed responsibility for, occurred in the early morning hours of August 26, during the frenzied evacuation near the US embassy.
Republican lawmaker and Army veteran Cory Mills last week met with the families of the 13 service members killed on duty and was told one was forced to pay to move the body of their loved one.
He claimed Marine Gee’s family were forced to find ‘a staggering $60,000’ worth of funding to move her body to its final resting place.
Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) took to Twitter to bring attention to this case, declaring, “At no time should our Gold Star families be financially responsible for burying their loved ones and American heroes.”
