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As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story
Washington Post ^ | 08/29/2019 | Mat Viser and Greg Jaffe

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 ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenlies; joebiden; liar; whoops
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To: Responsibility2nd

21 posted on 08/29/2019 11:17:12 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: 1Old Pro

When someone starts a story with “this ain’t no chit” you know it’s bullchit.


22 posted on 08/29/2019 11:17:42 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: Responsibility2nd

And what is the relevance of the story?


23 posted on 08/29/2019 11:19:31 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well he wasn’t lying, his word as a Biden is worthless. 8>)


24 posted on 08/29/2019 11:20:32 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Responsibility2nd

demons calling “moochie”...


25 posted on 08/29/2019 11:23:04 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
"When someone starts a story with “this ain’t no chit” you know it’s bullchit."

LOL, no kidding. Same as when someone starts their answer with "To tell you the truth..."

26 posted on 08/29/2019 11:23:15 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: wally_bert

And I remember watching it on my high def TV! Even though I was born in the 60’s.


27 posted on 08/29/2019 11:28:34 AM PDT by trublu
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To: Responsibility2nd

Trying to see what Jello can be nailed to the wall.


28 posted on 08/29/2019 11:30:58 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Responsibility2nd

A Navy Captain is an O6. Full bird Colonel. Biden refers to a O6 as a kid?


29 posted on 08/29/2019 11:31:26 AM PDT by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

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...


30 posted on 08/29/2019 11:35:50 AM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

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


31 posted on 08/29/2019 11:36:02 AM PDT by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

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.


32 posted on 08/29/2019 11:37:08 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: Responsibility2nd

There I was...in Pearl Harbor. The Germans had us surrounded...


33 posted on 08/29/2019 11:38:43 AM PDT by albie
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To: Responsibility2nd

“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?


34 posted on 08/29/2019 11:45:04 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Responsibility2nd
WaPo went with this story? The knives are out for Slow Joe alright.

He got so much wrong. Is he having a lot of senior moments?

35 posted on 08/29/2019 11:50:05 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

And the Washington Compost is reporting this? They must really want Biden out of the race.


Yes, they do. Also, notice how toward the end they make it seem like Trump’s fault for “lowering the honesty bar”.


36 posted on 08/29/2019 11:53:15 AM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Responsibility2nd

>>> 400 people packed into a college meeting hall <<<

400? Plugs is really on fire. No, really man! I’m serious!


37 posted on 08/29/2019 12:00:33 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall.

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.

38 posted on 08/29/2019 12:05:38 PM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist mooselimb savages, today.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Navy Captains, Marine, Army and AF Colonels, do not rappel down anything to retrieve wounded comrades. Clearly a lie.


39 posted on 08/29/2019 12:06:08 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

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.


40 posted on 08/29/2019 12:06:41 PM PDT by xp38
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