Perspectives: The 13 US Service Members Killed in Kabul
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Thirteen U.S. service members were among more than 170 people killed in last Thursday's suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan amid the nationwide evacuation effort. The 11 fallen Marines are: Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, age 25; Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23; Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31; Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22; Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23; Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22; Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20; Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20; Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20; Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20; and Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20. Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, and Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23 were also killed.
Many voices across the spectrum, especially on the right, highlighted the fallen service members, their backgrounds, what they left behind, how their death impacted their communities back home, and how Americans were moving to honor them. Most highlighted how young most of the fallen were, and often contrasted that with the 20 years of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. Some on the left focused more on the two female Marine sergeants; some on the right profiled the service members while also blaming President Joe Biden for their deaths.
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From the Right
13 US service members died in Afghanistan because terrible leadership let them down
Our 13 young military fallen deserved better, but they died with honor and give us faith in their noble generation, which has had to shoulder the burden of its feckless elders. A war that began when most of them were babies ended in disgrace when they were killed along with nearly 200 Afghans in last week’s suicide attack at Kabul airport during a withdrawal that could not have been more botched.
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Here are the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan attack
A Thursday attack outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 13 U.S. service members supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Eleven Marines, one Navy corpsman and one soldier were “killed as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations,” according to a Saturday press release from the Department of Defense, which released the names of the U.S. troops.
The names were released 24 hours after families of the deceased were notified.
For the Marine Corps, the deceased are:
Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, assigned...
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