Posted on 09/15/2024 4:07:56 AM PDT by Libloather
Outraged family members of US troops hurt in the line of duty slammed Kamala Harris’ brazen claim that no Americans are serving in war zones — a statement which flies in the face of her own administration’s official list of active combat zones.
As many as 50,000 US service members currently patrolling countries and oceans across the Middle East and Africa are receiving either “hostile fire” or “imminent danger pay,” monthly payments of up to $225 for troops deployed in areas where they could easily be subjected to — or do come under — enemy attack, retired Army Col. and military analyst Jonathan Sweet told The Post.
Yet during Tuesday’s ABC debate with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the vice president to make it seem as if the Harris-Biden administration has heralded in a period of peace not seen in decades — and that all American military members are safe.
“As of today there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, for the first time this century,” she insisted before a TV audience of 67 million.
**SNIP**
Brad Illerbrunner was not buying Harris’ claims of peace.
His son, Chief Warrant Officer Garrett Illerbrunner of the US Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division, was critically injured in Iraq on Christmas Day.
A drone launched by the terror organization Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups struck the Erbil Air Base in Iraq where Garrett was stationed.
Shrapnel struck Garrett in the head, nearly killing him and leaving him disabled. Two other soldiers were wounded.
The angry dad said Harris’ wild claims “really [hit] below the belt. . . . She doesn’t even recognize that our own troops are getting hurt.”
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I think coupMala is illiterate. Even if she can mouth the words I don't think she can comprehend their meaning.
one heartbeat away from being CIC. appalling especially along w/Joey’s amnesia on troops killed on his watch. tells you ALL you need to know...
“Dumber than a box of rocks” is too kind to Kommie Kamala. She clearly either didn’t know about US troop deployments, or she thought she could deceive her hoards of Democrat followers who wouldn’t know the difference. In either case, she is too dumb to know better.
Horizontal = Harrizontal
“..Horizontal should read a newspaper once in awhile....”
The key words in that post are: “horizontal” and “read”.
Can’t imagine serving in the military with Kamala Harris as your “Commander in Chief.”
Maybe Harris really didn’t know. She’s not very bright and is more interested in Tiny Tim and Tater Swuft than she is any of that “boring war stuff”.
amazing that this was not plastered across the headlines
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