"Saying they were behind is an insult to the memory of those who died." These are bitter words from Dario Sanna, brother of Alpine Corporal Major Luca Sanna, 32, from Samugheo, killed in January 2011 in Afghanistan during a firefight near the Italian base at Bala Murghab.

Luca Sanna served at the outpost called Highlander, “the immortal,” the most advanced point of the deployment.

"Our soldiers, far from having done nothing," says Dario Sanna, "did enough. If they had really stayed behind, as some have said, people wouldn't have died."

It is a direct response to President Trump's recent statements questioning the effectiveness and operational posture of Italian soldiers.

"We didn't take it well," he emphasizes, "because it doesn't correspond to the truth. My brother and his comrades were on the front lines."

A commitment that, according to the fallen soldier's family member, went far beyond the military aspect. "They were proud of what they were doing: they were helping the people, the children who lived there. They truly believed in that mission."

Then the bitter conclusion: "But now the Americans have given up everything and left. In a few years, everything has gone back to how it was before. And so one wonders if all those sacrifices were really worthwhile."

(Unioneonline)

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