Mike Shaler
“No Valor Citation ever began: ‘As things went according to plan….’ “
Attributed to Mike Nelson (Tweet), August 25, 2021
The War In Afghanistan had a beginning --- In Central Command Headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida --- Army General Tommy Franks was the Commander of United States Central Command --- In his book ‘American Soldier’, he wrote:
“October 7, 2001. It was 0900 on Sunday, October 7, 2001,
less than one month since 9/11. The war would begin
in three and a half hours.” [Footnote 1]
And today, President Biden, in a speech delivered from the White House,
announced the end: