{"id":43052,"date":"2021-08-31T11:39:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T15:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43052"},"modified":"2021-08-31T11:39:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T15:39:50","slug":"these-are-very-special-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=43052","title":{"rendered":"These Are Very Special Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, The New York Post<\/a> reported that a group of retired military veterans has been rescuing our Afghan allies from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

A group of highly trained US military veterans has been secretly rescuing hundreds of allied operatives from Afghanistan \u2014 volunteering over fears those allies would otherwise be left for dead, according to a report.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The weeklong secret operation dubbed \u201cPineapple Express\u201d has been carried out by a group of special ops veterans including retired Green Berets and SEAL Team commanders, they told ABC News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They were driven by deep frustration \u201cthat our own government didn\u2019t do this<\/a>,\u201d former Navy SEAL Jason Redman told ABC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did what we should do, as Americans,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They initially formed to rescue an ex-Afghan commando who was getting death threats from the Taliban for having worked with US special forces and elite SEAL Team Six<\/a>, ABC said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…\u201cI have been involved in some of the most incredible missions and operations that a special forces guy could be a part of, and I have never been a part of anything more incredible than this,\u201d Gant (Maj. Jim Gant, a retired Green Beret) insisted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe bravery and courage and commitment of my brothers and sisters in the Pineapple community was greater than the US commitment on the battlefield,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The volunteer force was led by another retired Green Beret commander, Lt. Col. Scott Mann, who told ABC the team was proud to have helped \u201cdozens of high-risk individuals, families with small children, orphans, and pregnant women.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis Herculean effort couldn\u2019t have been done without the unofficial heroes inside the airfield who defied their orders to not help beyond the airport perimeter, by wading into sewage canals and pulling in these targeted people who were flashing pineapples on their phones,\u201d Mann said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Some of those rescued said they witnessed people just inches away from them being killed, while others refused to leave unless their family members were also evacuated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLeaving a man behind is not in our SEAL ethos. Many Afghans have a stronger vision of our democratic values than many Americans do,\u201d said Dan O\u2019Shea, a retired SEAL commander and former counterinsurgency adviser in Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Former deputy assistant secretary of defense Mick Mulroy said the task force felt it was their duty to save allies who \u201cnever wavered\u201d in supporting the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI and many of my friends are here today because of their bravery in battle. We owe them all effort to get them out and honor our word,\u201d Mulroy said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men like these give me hope for the future of America. They are truly leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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