Family members of the 13 US service members killed in the chaotic August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan were underwhelmed Tuesday by President Biden’s brief tribute to their loved ones before the United Nations General Assembly.
“He has no idea what he’s saying at this point.
“Thirteen brave Americans lost their lives, along with hundreds of Afghans in a suicide bomb.
“I am glad that he finally mentioned them in a speech. But he’s doing it on his way out,” Herman Lopez, who lost his 22-year-old son, Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez, to the bombing, told The Post in a phone interview.
Earlier this month, Congress posthumously bestowed its highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — upon the 13 fallen service members and honored them in a ceremony with the Gold Star families in the Capitol Rotunda.
Relatives of the fallen Americans were skeptical.
During the presidential debate earlier this month, Harris stood by Biden’s decision to pull out of Afghanistan despite the controversy and deaths of service members.
“Four presidents said they would, and Joe Biden did,” the veep contended. “And as a result, America’s taxpayers are not paying the $300 million a day we were paying for that endless war.”
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