Posted on 08/29/2019 10:41:32 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
HANOVER, N.H. — Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall. A four-star general had asked the then-vice president to travel to Kunar province in Afghanistan, a dangerous foray into “godforsaken country” to recognize the remarkable heroism of a Navy captain.
Some told him it was too risky, but Biden said he brushed off their concerns. “We can lose a vice president,” he said. “We can’t lose many more of these kids. Not a joke.”
The Navy captain, Biden recalled Friday night, had rappelled down a 60-foot ravine under fire and retrieved the body of an American comrade, carrying him on his back. Now the general wanted Biden to pin a Silver Star on the American hero who, despite his bravery, felt like a failure.
“He said, ‘Sir, I don’t want the damn thing!’ ” Biden said, his jaw clenched and his voice rising to a shout. “’Do not pin it on me, Sir! Please, Sir. Do not do that! He died. He died!’ ”
The room was silent.
“This is the God’s truth,” Biden had said as he told the story. “My word as a Biden.”
Except almost every detail in the story appears to be incorrect.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
When someone starts a story with “this ain’t no chit” you know it’s bullchit.
And what is the relevance of the story?
Well he wasn’t lying, his word as a Biden is worthless. 8>)
demons calling “moochie”...
LOL, no kidding. Same as when someone starts their answer with "To tell you the truth..."
And I remember watching it on my high def TV! Even though I was born in the 60’s.
Trying to see what Jello can be nailed to the wall.
A Navy Captain is an O6. Full bird Colonel. Biden refers to a O6 as a kid?
You know the difference between a fairy tale and a war story? A fairytale begins with Once apon a time. A war Story begins with, back when I was in...
Biden visited Kunar province in 2008 as a U.S. senator, not as vice president. The service member who performed the celebrated rescue that Biden described was a 20-year-old Army specialist, not a much older Navy captain. And that soldier, Kyle J. White, never had a Silver Star, or any other medal, pinned on him by Biden. At a White House ceremony six years after Biden’s visit, White stood at attention as President Barack Obama placed a Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, around his neck
Navy captains don’t do this stuff, for many reasons, not the least of which is that, by the the time they make captain, their physical prime is in the rear view mirror.
There I was...in Pearl Harbor. The Germans had us surrounded...
“We can lose a vice president,” he said. “We can’t lose many more of these kids. Not a joke.”
So Biden convinced Obama to end the war in Afghanistan right after that, right?
He got so much wrong. Is he having a lot of senior moments?
And the Washington Compost is reporting this? They must really want Biden out of the race.
>>> 400 people packed into a college meeting hall <<<
400? Plugs is really on fire. No, really man! I’m serious!
400 PEOPLE IN A PACKED HALL.
It sounds like a gerbil in a packed anus causes more excitement among the demonRATs, than FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE in a packed hall.
Why would the writer use that fantastic, vivid, overblown language about 400 people?
400 hundred people at at a Trump rally are sleeping in a line 30 hours before the door opening time.
Navy Captains, Marine, Army and AF Colonels, do not rappel down anything to retrieve wounded comrades. Clearly a lie.
Same with....this is a true story....especially in a movie where it says based on a true story which means anywhere from 1 to 99% is actual truth.
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