than any of us can bear, ultimately. [bagpipes playing] there s no question that we lost police officers and firefighters. we don t know how many was lost. - i can tell you when it came to, and when still comes to our cops and firefighters, it s very personal for him. he had five uncles that were cops and an uncle who was a firefighter growing up. so i mean, he had dinners every single night with men who put the uniform on, who put the badges on to protect our city. i think at many of those funerals, he thought about his uncles, he thought about his heroes. and, you know, he imagined what it would have been like if it would have been their funerals.
there s no question that we lost police officers and firefighters. we don t know how many was lost. - i can tell you when it came to, and when still comes to our cops and firefighters, it s very personal for him. he had five uncles that were cops and an uncle who was a firefighter growing up. so i mean, he had dinners every single night with men who put the uniform on, who put the badges on to protect our city. i think at many of those funerals, he thought about his uncles, he thought about his heroes. and, you know, he imagined what it would have been like if it would have been their funerals. - it s gonna be a very, very difficult time.
the number of casualties will be more than any of us can bear, ultimately. [bagpipes playing] there s no question that we lost police officers and firefighters. we don t know how many was lost. - i can tell you when it came to, and when still comes to our cops and firefighters, it s very personal for him. he had five uncles that were cops and an uncle who was a firefighter growing up. so i mean, he had dinners every single night with men who put the uniform on, who put the badges on to protect our city. i think at many of those funerals, he thought about his uncles, he thought about his heroes.
overnight ferry in belfast. got it wrong, but my nap miraculously found my way. hat wrong, but my nap - - miraculously found my way- found my way. not the ideal place for soldiers- found my way. not the ideal place for soldiers. no. found my way. not the ideal place for soldiers. no. we found my way. not the ideal place for soldiers. no. we were - found my way. not the ideal place for soldiers. no. we were a - found my way. not the ideal place for soldiers. no. we were a bit - for soldiers. no. we were a bit naive in those for soldiers. no. we were a bit naive in those days. for soldiers. no. we were a bit naive in those days. but - for soldiers. no. we were a bit naive in those days. but i - for soldiers. no. we were a bit - naive in those days. but i remember arriving and being told to get my uniform on and i d be commanding my platoon. uniform on and i d be commanding my latoon. ., ~ uniform on and i d be commanding my latoon. ., ~ ., ., , platoon. you knew would hav
terrorism in afghanistan, getting the terrorists and stopping attacks morph into a counter insurgency, nation building, trying to create a democratic cohesive and united afghanistan, something that has never been done over many centuries of afghan s history. we have been a nation too long at war. if you re 20 years old today, you have never known an america at peace, so when i hear that we could have, should have continued the so-called low grade effort in afghanistan, at low risk to our service members, at low cost, i don t think enough people understand how much we have asked of the 1% of this country who put that uniform on, who were willing to put their lives on the line in defense of our nation. there s nothing low grade or low risk or low cost about any war. it s time to end the war in