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This is Undaunted Life of Man's Podcast. I'm your host Kyle Thompson. Let's get
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into it. Our guys, we're going to continue our botching Afghanistan series
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with Eddie and Andrea Gallagher. So they were our guests on Episode 210 of this
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podcast where they came on and talked about their book, The Man in the Arena
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from fighting ISIS to fighting for my freedom. So Eddie is a retired Navy Seal
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and Andrea obviously is a Navy Seal spouse. And she was very integral in
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making sure that he didn't end up in prison. If you don't know what the heck
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I'm talking about, go back to Episode 210 and listen to this. But they both
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had some very, very interesting comments about what's going on in Afghanistan.
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And again, just a reminder on these episodes, we're not doing the normal
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intro. We're not doing the normal outro. We're not doing some of the same editing.
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We're just going to get right into the content so you guys can take it in and
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move on with your day. So without further ado, let's get into it.
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All right, Eddie and Andrea Gallagher. Thank you so much for coming back on
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the podcast. I wish it was under better circumstances. But as I told you off
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air, just a second ago, I didn't come in with any prepared questions or anything
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that I wanted to kind of get to. But I know that both of you are very, very
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close to the situation of and the people that were really integrally involved in
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what's going on in Afghanistan. And this is being recorded on Monday, the
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other day it is Monday, the 16th. So if some more news comes out after this,
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we can obviously make sure the comments are going with that. But let me just
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open it up to both of you. I would just like your perspectives from being, you
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know, military spouse, but also a retired military member. You know, what do you
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think about what's going on currently with the Taliban in Afghanistan?
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So I can, you know, give you my perspective. You know, I don't want to
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sound like brash or whatever, but I think that this was inevitable. This was coming
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earlier. It's, you know, we, we tried to stabilize that country as best we could
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the past two decades. And I, we did a hell of a job. I think, you know, everybody
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that was tasked with trying to stabilize that country and trying to push back
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the enemy, which was a Taliban has done that and has gone above and beyond. And
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I think that, you know, this, some, like, I, you know, we just saw a post not too
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long ago by stump. But you know, somebody was going to get caught in the bag and
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had to deal with this eventually, right? But what I think really is angering
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myself and other veterans is the execution of how this has been, you know, this
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withdrawal has been laid out as you know, we can see right now and just, just
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seeing the images of these, you know, these Afghanis clinging on to the
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planes, you know, as they take off and, and falling from the sky. I mean, it
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really shows just what kind of evil that we were fighting over there. And I
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really hope that the American people can understand just how great we have it
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over here. You know, how great this country is to, and I wish they could get
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into like the mind of these people that are literally clinging on to the wings
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of the plane, knowing that they're probably going to die, but they're doing
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that to escape of what's, what's coming. And that, that to me, you know, it's
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tragic to watch. I mean, I do. I feel for those people. I feel for all the Afghans
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that are over there that helped us out in the past two, two decades. And, you know,
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I just know I know what's coming. You know, those people are going to be executed.
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The Taliban does not mess around. But I will say this, I, it's, I don't want to
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have this negative attitude about it like this was all for nothing because it was,
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it was, we did our job over there. We kept, we kept the wolf at bay for the past two
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decades. We definitely helped stabilize that region as best we could. But, you know,
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how long can we, can we just keep doing that? You know, I don't think the American
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people have the appetite to just keep staying over there. And, you know, we have
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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we have to keep going. And, you know, we have to keep going. And, you know,
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there. They died doing exactly what they wanted to do. And, you know, I hope that, you know, all
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the people out there, the vets out there listening, you know, you did the right thing. This is not
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your fault. This is, this is our administration. You did what you were told you did to the best
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of your ability. That's a good word to end on. Appreciate you both. Thanks, Kyle.