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Tim Walz's superior officer in the National Guard tells CNN that Walz knew he was going to be deployed to Iraq six months before he decided to retire. He also says Walz promised he would deploy and went back on his word and abandoned his men.
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Posted on 08/09/2024 6:06:21 PM PDT by hardspunned

BOMBSHELL: Tim Walz's superior officer in the National Guard tells CNN that Walz knew he was going to be deployed to Iraq six months before he decided to retire. He also says Walz promised he would deploy and went back on his word and abandoned his men.

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To: pgyanke

Yep, didn’t know that “L ying dog faced pony soldiers” knew how to Waltz...lol


21 posted on 08/09/2024 6:40:15 PM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: hardspunned

I have several questions about the Walz debacle.

1. Was he flocked? Meaning that he was an E8 for pay, but held the E9 rank for the position. I had a first Sgt (E7) that was flocked as an E8 until retirement.

2. Did he actually get promoted but had to give it up because he chose retirement over finishing his schooling and getting deployed into combat?

3. Maybe he was an E8 serving as an ‘Acting’ command Sgt major.

I don’t know any of this cause of conflicting reporting. I do know the State’s National Gaurds have different rules and regulations.

I am not defending this POS cause he bailed on his men in time of need. But the circumstances demand further info for an informed decision.


22 posted on 08/09/2024 6:43:58 PM PDT by Deepeasttx ( Sensitivity/diversity training, along with DEI are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.)
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To: DoodleBob

“Wouldn’t it be something else, if Harris has to ditch Walz before the convention?”

Kumulah (she’s African doncha’ you know) may indeed have to boot Walz over the stolen valor issue, then at the DNC they actually ‘vote’ for someone else altogether just as the riots in Chicago are at peak. This is going to be one summer we won’t forget!


23 posted on 08/09/2024 6:45:31 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: hardspunned

Going into convention and having no VP would look bad for dems, their campaign is a disaster.


24 posted on 08/09/2024 6:48:57 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: hardspunned
Hopefully, you’re not old enough to remember when Eagleton was forced out.

I am...and I was at the Cafe Carlyle, watching Bobby Short, when the news broke. Crazy what we remember sometimes.

25 posted on 08/09/2024 6:49:14 PM PDT by Salvey (<I)
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To: quantim

I sure hope so.


26 posted on 08/09/2024 6:49:25 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge )
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To: quantim

27 posted on 08/09/2024 6:54:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Apparatchik
Hence his being awarded the Army Commendation Medal as a retirement award

We still got no confirmation he even got a retirement award. Someone has to write thebaward citation and submit it for approval. All we know at this time is his highest service award was an arcom. He very well could have just gotten his paperwork mailed to him with no note.

28 posted on 08/09/2024 6:54:55 PM PDT by jz638
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To: hardspunned

I remember reading about that episode, mostly hearing about it on the evening news, over and over again.
We, as a nation were so naive about treating severe depression, but even today, the fact that Tom Eagleton was hospitalized for depression and given electroshock treatment, even today, that would be an ‘eye opener’, and source of concerned vetting.


29 posted on 08/09/2024 7:06:43 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: hardspunned

Coward, just like the deputy whose bodycam footage was released today.


30 posted on 08/09/2024 7:11:19 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: hardspunned
No wonder we have video footage today of Governor Newsom dutifully cleaning garbage from the homeless encampments he ordered torn down.

He's ready to jump in.

31 posted on 08/09/2024 7:13:03 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: hardspunned

The guy interviewed wasn’t Walz’s superior officer. He’s a now retired Sargent Major.


32 posted on 08/09/2024 7:20:33 PM PDT by Armscor38
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To: hardspunned

I have a rather basic question; did he “abandon his troops” as described, or did he simply refuse to re-enlist for another couple of years?

We haven’t been drafting men since the mid 70’s. It’s been a volunteer force. I volunteered myself for a few years. I signed the contract for a set number of years active, a set number of years as active reserve. Then I was done with direct obligations to the US Military. All legal and above board.

What happened here that has turned so many of his co workers against him?


33 posted on 08/09/2024 7:21:49 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: hardspunned
Is he going to end up getting the Eagleton treatment?

A thousand percent! He will simply announce that he doesn't want to be a distraction, and she will pick another far left character. Bernie Sanders?

34 posted on 08/09/2024 7:29:37 PM PDT by Buttons12 (Soap box, jury box, ballot box, cartridge box... Boxcars.)
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To: lee martell

“I have a rather basic question; did he “abandon his troops” as described, or did he simply refuse to re-enlist for another couple of years”

As stated in the interview, Walz retired as he was allowed to do as he had accured 20 years of service


35 posted on 08/09/2024 7:29:57 PM PDT by Armscor38
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To: lee martell

From what I read he just retired. I would imagine he was hated by his unit. But even after he has claimed combat service and never complained when he was called an “Afghanistan war veteran” and used weasel words to claim he was a combat veteran.

But regardless. Anything to attack a democrat is fine by me with all his lies and evil nature.


36 posted on 08/09/2024 7:30:12 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: hardspunned

The Sergeant Major is known as “The Father” of the battalion.


37 posted on 08/09/2024 7:35:41 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Why should he put out ads? The Dems are self-destructing without him paying a penny.


38 posted on 08/09/2024 7:36:26 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: TTFlyer

Brilliant!


39 posted on 08/09/2024 7:36:50 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: blueunicorn6

The father of the battalion ran away from his Soldiers who were going to a very dangerous place.

How did that affect the confidence of the Soldiers in the battalion?

They’re already nervous and the Sergeant Major runs away.


40 posted on 08/09/2024 7:39:57 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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