Posted on 11/04/2024 5:19:37 PM PST by TigerClaws
Sgt. Quandarius Davon Stanley, a 23-year-old U.S. soldier, has paid the ultimate price for a mission many experts warned was flawed from the start. This is the third American death that can be traced back to the Gaza Pier debacle – which cost taxpayers $320 million – but the first of a US Serviceman.
Critically injured over the summer during the Biden-Harris administration’s ill-conceived Gaza pier project, Stanley battled his injuries for months before passing on October 31. His death is a painful reminder of the risks taken by young service members on operations shaped by political optics and poorly considered planning.
Yet, as CNN’s Haley Britzky reports, the information came from the Department of Defense. Neither President Biden nor Vice President Harris has publicly acknowledged this loss. The silence from the White House is deafening. No statements of respect for the fallen soldier, no comfort extended to the family who gave their son for a mission that many in Congress and the military called a political stunt. For Stanley’s grieving family and his fellow soldiers, this lack of recognition adds insult to a tragedy that might have been avoidable.
Stanley, only 23 years old, was one of three U.S. service members injured on the ill-fated mission. His unit, the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) out of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, watched as he fought to survive after a non-combat injury in May, eventually being transported to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. Tragically, he passed on October 31, leaving behind a grieving family and a unit left questioning why they were ever sent on this mission to begin with.
“Sgt Quandarius Stanley was an instrumental and well respected first line leader in the 7th Transportation Brigade Expeditionary (TBX), especially during the mission to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza,” Colonel John “Eddie” Gray, commander of the 7th, told CTV Monday. “We will continue to provide support to his family during this difficult time. Our entire unit mourns alongside his family.”
It’s unclear exactly how Stanely and two other Army soldiers were injured but a senior source at the US Navy’s Military Sealift Command tells gCaptain it was likely due to being crushed by cargo that shifted in a wave.
That stupid pier built by Biden and Harris deserved to be pilloried in the media and by the GOP but it has been almost completely forgotten.
I wish someone would’ve pointed out what a gigantic waste of money was spent on that piece of crap that fell apart.
Ah yes, the “Hamas resupply pier” that disintegrated.
Nobody wants to be the last person to die for a stupid political stunt
That pier was and is a fuster-cluck waste of money. Who dreams up this crap? Meanwhile thousands are buried in mud in western NC.
God rest his soul and may God comfort his family.
Thank you Mc, what a fn shame
I hope the enlisted are taking note of how their C-in-C is handling this and have voted or will vote accordingly.
Imagine an “Al-Queda Relief Pier” in 2003. That’s how insane this was.
Only 23 years old with his whole life ahead of him...
He lost his life because of the Biden administration’s incompetence.
So sorry for him and his family. Rest in Paradise, Sgt. Stanley.
A lot of them didn’t get their ballots in time...
Greater life hath no man than he lay down his life for another. Of any Service person who dies on duty, this can be said.
+1. God rest his soul and may God damn the idiots in charge.
Died because of another Biden/Harris clusterfu*k.
Wasted. The US Government killed him to help resupply those who committed October 7th.
It was a political stunt to appease the Muslims in Michigan
Well said.
Pointed out......you mean other than creepers right?
So a soldier died to provide aid that was stolen by Hamas?
Great
I wish more people would understand that those idiots (Harris/Biden) took an existing piece of valuable hardware, designed for reopening damage PORTS, and wrecked it by deploying it to an open unprotected beach.
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