These veterans want the U.S. to keep its wartime promises. They found a country littered with indifference.
Afghans left behind after the U.S. airlift concluded. But the idea for a road trip through red America, a group ofactivists door-stepping local Senate offices and veterans’ bars, was hatched more fromThey called it a “firewatch”— a 24-hour “accountability” vigil, they explained — after just such an action on the steps of the U.S. Capitol had helped push through theThen Congress went on recess and it became a “firewatch on the road.”for a promise to be kept,” Zeller said in an interview.
“There is so much going on right now, the temptation is to be drawn to other issues that seem more urgent,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal , one of the bill’s sponsors, said in an interview. “But this bill is a moral imperative.” On Capitol Hill, “we are in active discussions, literally day-to-day,” he added, voicing optimism it would become law.
Colorado was not a crucial stop because the senators, both Democrats, were already on board with the bill. But the state contained an active Afghan American community to help spread the message, and Surely, fellow veterans would find the mission of “keeping America’s promise” to its wartime allies as compelling as they did and could lend their voices as local constituents, Zeller and Powers reasoned. Still, a palpable anxiety tended to follow the men through the doors of these establishments.
“We can’t just ignore the ones we evacuated,” Powers continued, trying to steer the conversation back to those who helped America. “We look out for our allies.”Cheyenne, Wyoming
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