Major Joshua Mast

Instead, we delayed the mission from a national mission force that ultimately rescued them from behind Taliban lines for over 24 hours and tried to get a volunteer group to go get them, like some of these great Americans who are, like, going behind Taliban lines to get them out, like Chad Robichaux's folks and, like,

other groups we had them lined up with seats paid for on the aircraft from the mercury one funding um and we had a group of of five three kids plus sparrow and these two costumes and she was like eight months pregnant so like we delayed everything risked them all to to get them out safely and so like uh i guess that's the level of fidelity we had on this um

other groups we had them lined up with seats paid for on the aircraft from the mercury one funding um and we had a group of of five three kids plus sparrow and these two costumes and she was like eight months pregnant so like we delayed everything risked them all to to get them out safely and so like uh i guess that's the level of fidelity we had on this um

other groups we had them lined up with seats paid for on the aircraft from the mercury one funding um and we had a group of of five three kids plus sparrow and these two costumes and she was like eight months pregnant so like we delayed everything risked them all to to get them out safely and so like uh i guess that's the level of fidelity we had on this um

The first time I ever spoke to this posturing guy was in July of 2021, a couple months before, like five weeks before the evacuation ended. Day one.

The first time I ever spoke to this posturing guy was in July of 2021, a couple months before, like five weeks before the evacuation ended. Day one.

The first time I ever spoke to this posturing guy was in July of 2021, a couple months before, like five weeks before the evacuation ended. Day one.

I explain who I am, why I care, that I worked for the hospital to try to get a safe outcome for her, that my job in Afghanistan was to make sure only bad people got hurt in our strikes, kind of explaining at the grassroots level what a targeting attorney does in Afghanistan.

I explain who I am, why I care, that I worked for the hospital to try to get a safe outcome for her, that my job in Afghanistan was to make sure only bad people got hurt in our strikes, kind of explaining at the grassroots level what a targeting attorney does in Afghanistan.

I explain who I am, why I care, that I worked for the hospital to try to get a safe outcome for her, that my job in Afghanistan was to make sure only bad people got hurt in our strikes, kind of explaining at the grassroots level what a targeting attorney does in Afghanistan.

We explained that we were told she was foreign, that we had sought legal responsibility in the U.S., that she had a complete U.S. identity. And from day one, it was send her to fly out before the Taliban take over. Like, that's what the pitch was. And the first thing this guy asked me, what do you think he asked for? He's like, could I get a visa for me and my brother-in-law to come to America?

We explained that we were told she was foreign, that we had sought legal responsibility in the U.S., that she had a complete U.S. identity. And from day one, it was send her to fly out before the Taliban take over. Like, that's what the pitch was. And the first thing this guy asked me, what do you think he asked for? He's like, could I get a visa for me and my brother-in-law to come to America?

We explained that we were told she was foreign, that we had sought legal responsibility in the U.S., that she had a complete U.S. identity. And from day one, it was send her to fly out before the Taliban take over. Like, that's what the pitch was. And the first thing this guy asked me, what do you think he asked for? He's like, could I get a visa for me and my brother-in-law to come to America?

Because everybody wants to come to America. I don't even blame them for that. But that is the first thing on this person's mind. And I think that the best way to explain that to the audience who's not deployed is to say, like, it's a very day-to-day survival, like, hand-to-mouth environment. It's not even their fault, right? It's...

Because everybody wants to come to America. I don't even blame them for that. But that is the first thing on this person's mind. And I think that the best way to explain that to the audience who's not deployed is to say, like, it's a very day-to-day survival, like, hand-to-mouth environment. It's not even their fault, right? It's...

Because everybody wants to come to America. I don't even blame them for that. But that is the first thing on this person's mind. And I think that the best way to explain that to the audience who's not deployed is to say, like, it's a very day-to-day survival, like, hand-to-mouth environment. It's not even their fault, right? It's...

If you're not wealthy there, if you're not making money off the Americans being there, you're dirt poor. And so a lot of it, they're not planning what they're going to do next month. They're not planning on their five-year goal. It's how do I survive today? And it was very clear from the get-go that this guy was trying to survive and get whatever he could out of this.

If you're not wealthy there, if you're not making money off the Americans being there, you're dirt poor. And so a lot of it, they're not planning what they're going to do next month. They're not planning on their five-year goal. It's how do I survive today? And it was very clear from the get-go that this guy was trying to survive and get whatever he could out of this.

If you're not wealthy there, if you're not making money off the Americans being there, you're dirt poor. And so a lot of it, they're not planning what they're going to do next month. They're not planning on their five-year goal. It's how do I survive today? And it was very clear from the get-go that this guy was trying to survive and get whatever he could out of this.

And I'm not even blaming him for that. I blame the Americans who enable these lies and abuses of our systems. But... Like, as God is my witness from day one in detail, and that's exactly what our interpreter testified to, and that's in evidence at our BOI. That's what—there is no evidence to contradict that ever because it's what we did.