that day was the reason he re enlisted and went to fight in afghanistan. but it was there that he was killed. they went over there to make america safer after what happened at 9/11. so how are we safer now, with the taliban taking over? i m sick to my stomach. looking at a 20 year war wherejoe and over 2,300 soldiers have died in the afghan war, all to be given back to the taliban. joe was specifically killed by a taliban suicide bomber. christine s son was just four years old when he saluted the coffin of his father. for all the sacrifice, there are suddenly fears the chaos far away means a new, more dangerous area here. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in new york.
absolutely inexcusable. what they did was pull out how they did it was absolutely wrong. absolutely wrong. after this debacle this last weekend, i do not feel proud of our leaders, i feel proud about our nation but not our current leaders. each room has a little piece ofjoe in it. christine lemm feels a huge amount of pride for her husband, joe. he was in the new york police at the time of the 9/11 attacks and was one of those who pulled bodies from the rubble. that day was the reason he re enlisted and went to fight in afghanistan. but it was there that he was killed. they went over there to make america safer after what happened at 9/ii. so how are we safer now, with the taliban taking over? i m sick to my stomach. looking at a 20 year war wherejoe and over 2,300 soldiers have died in the afghan war,