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Stolen Valor? Christiane Amanpour Claims She was a Major in the Gulf War
Conservative Firing Line ^ | 04/18/2026 | Faye Higbee

Posted on 04/19/2026 4:09:58 AM PDT by Adder

Christiane Amanpour, a CNN “reporter” claimed on X that her “dog tag” during the Gulf War in 1991 had the “rank of Major” on it. In point of fact, it had to be her press pass, not an actual US Military dog tag. Military dog tags never include the rank of those who wear them. Either she is lying and it’s stolen valor or she’s so mistaken as to be an embarrassment to the already embarrassed CNN.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: stolenvalor; stupid

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Yeah...she was a Major, alright.

A Major Liar A Major propagandist A Major PITA

I'd say "How embarrassing..." but neither she nor CNN has the capacity to be embarrassed. They are just stupid.

1 posted on 04/19/2026 4:09:58 AM PDT by Adder
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To: Adder

Pretty exotic back then.


2 posted on 04/19/2026 4:13:27 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Adder

You change ranks all the time in the military. You do not get new tags when you advance or get njp.


3 posted on 04/19/2026 4:17:51 AM PDT by Kudsman (John Thune. The one person in a country of 330 million stopping voter ID. )
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To: Adder

She was never in the military that Im aware of. I’ve watched her since the 80’s and she’s always been a reporter.


4 posted on 04/19/2026 4:18:13 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I would have been an awesome merchant marine. I can sell convenient store items very well.)
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To: Jonty30

On which side?


5 posted on 04/19/2026 4:30:59 AM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now! Ty)
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To: Jonty30

She doesn’t know what dog tags are.


6 posted on 04/19/2026 4:32:40 AM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: Adder

She’s a major idiot. I salute her


7 posted on 04/19/2026 4:33:06 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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Come on, man!...We know it and she knows it...That she was never in the military service of any country. Not then and not now. Somebody out there is full of shit. Let’s have Ms. Amanpour set the record straight before those of us who remember her reporting for CNN during Desert Shield and Desert Storm have to drag it out of her.


8 posted on 04/19/2026 4:35:21 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: Adder

This woman’s accent is so sickening I can’t stand to hear her or even look at this evil propagandist.

And as others said, dog tags do not include rank. A typical lefty talking about something she knows nothing about.

Hey, seriously, I had a special ID badge I wore around my neck to access high security areas when in the Army whose number started with “007”. Does that make me a James Bond spy?


9 posted on 04/19/2026 4:42:18 AM PDT by redfreedom (The Forth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Adder

Someone called her a major bitch and she expected to get dog tags.


10 posted on 04/19/2026 4:42:47 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: MarlonRando

A particularly nasty piece of work, refers to herself as “British-Iranian” and is a sympathizer of radical islam...and if she’s living here she needs to be kicked the hell out.


11 posted on 04/19/2026 4:43:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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Agreed.

The voice alone makes me want to slap the taste out of her mouth.


12 posted on 04/19/2026 4:50:21 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: Adder

She’s a MAJOR PAIN IN THE ASS!


13 posted on 04/19/2026 4:50:54 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: maro

Yeah, she enlisted as a Major. Wtf?


14 posted on 04/19/2026 4:53:31 AM PDT by Kudsman (John Thune. The one person in a country of 330 million stopping voter ID. )
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CNN always working against best interests of the country

Made me think!
Fake News always wants to embed with the troops. Every war!

Except the war in The Ukraine, zero fake news reporters.
Why zero fake news reporters on those front lines????


15 posted on 04/19/2026 4:58:35 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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Afraid of death by Russians? Good question.


16 posted on 04/19/2026 5:01:59 AM PDT by Kudsman (John Thune. The one person in a country of 330 million stopping voter ID. )
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To: Adder

For what country?


17 posted on 04/19/2026 5:03:02 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: V_TWIN

I refer to her as horse-faced bartender.


18 posted on 04/19/2026 5:03:11 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: Adder

A major what is the question.


19 posted on 04/19/2026 5:04:26 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Adder

Was a major in the Iran or Iraq army?


20 posted on 04/19/2026 5:08:16 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Death to the DEATH TO AMERICA, Democrats.)
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