One Gold Star mother isn’t mincing words about her thoughts on the tragedy of 13 U.S. troops killed during the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago.
Paula Knauss Selph, whose son, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was killed by a suicide bomber at the Abbey Gate of the Hamiz Karzai Airport in Afghanistan three years ago, slammed the Biden administration’s strategy — and now agrees with former President Trump’s assessment of the fiasco.
“We are all grieving over something that should have never, ever happened the way it did,” she told Fox News.
She agreed with Trump’s assessment that foreign leaders no longer respect the U.S.
“He’s right. We lost a lot of credibility in our nation and in our world powers,” she said. “We have lost it. And the only way we will gain it back is if we become a world power again.”
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Gold Star mom Paula Knauss Selph lambasted the Biden administration for continuing to evade accountability as she and other Gold Star families Monday marked three years since the terrorist attack at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport that claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members.
“On this day in particular, we are all grieving over something that should have never, ever happened the way it did,” Selph, whose son, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, died in the botched withdrawal, said on “America Reports.”
“It’s the lack of accountability that has really upset the nation on this. It is the lack of empathy and sympathy for a situation…at least say I’m sorry,” she added. “At least apologize for a lack of leadership.”
The grieving mother said Biden’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal cost the United States its credibility on the world stage, echoing former President Trump who told a crowd earlier Monday that foreign leaders and bad actors no longer “respect us.”
“He’s right. We lost a lot of credibility in our nation and in our world powers,” she told Fox News co-anchor Sandra Smith. “We have lost it. And the only way we will gain it back is if we become a world power again.”
Moments earlier, Trump laid wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery Monday to honor the fallen soldiers killed in the suicide bombing at Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai International Airport. A clip on “America Reports” showed the former president placing flowers at the grave of Selph’s son.