american bases taking over. a&a, reports of them being killed and murdered and war atrocities committed all over the place. we ve been doing this for 20 years. either a lack of will or leadership in afghanistan and that too is to blame?
dan blakely with the book called 20 year war released on 9/11 dedicated to veterans of the global war against terrorism and they both served in the 75th ranger regiment including towards in afghanistan. good to see both of you. thank you very much for having us. you hosted a podcast called never left behind dedicated to sharing the stories of veterans. i want to play a quick clip from an episode. i think there s a lot of threads of shared experience. the reasons that people chose to serve. there s a lot of similarity across five or six major buckets, if you will. there s a lot of threads of similarity on how they transition. whether it was positive or negative, but everyone s journey really is, it s true but it was crazy. they were their own unique