Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soldiers. Show all posts
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Donald Trump issues memorandum to ban most transgender soldiers.

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Courtesy of Politico :   President Donald Trump on Friday issued orders to ban transgender troops who require surgery or significant med...
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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Donald Trump cannot even make a condolence call to the family of a deceased soldier correctly.

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Courtesy of AP :   Relatives of people who died in military service have recounted varied interactions with President Donald Trump in th...
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Monday, October 16, 2017

Donald Trump today accused President Obama, and other former presidents, of not calling the families of fallen soldiers.

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12 days after it was announced soldiers were killed in Niger, Trump says "I will at some point during the period of time call the par...
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

Just in case you have not had enough opportunities to cringe today, here is Donald Trump congratulating a soldier for getting his leg blown off.

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Pres. Trump awarded a Purple Heart on Saturday to an Army sergeant recently wounded in Afghanistan: https://t.co/MSRsIByw9Y pic.twitter.c...
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Monday, February 27, 2017

Father of soldier slain in Yemen raid refused to shake Donald Trump's hand, wants investigation.

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Courtesy of the Miami Herald :   Owens’ father, Bill, had learned only a short time before the ceremony that Trump was coming. Owens was...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Mother of soldier slain in Benghazi attack literally blames Hillary Clinton for the death of her son.

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For me this is what set the tone for the first day of the GOP convention. Right before Pat Smith took the stage former Navy Seal Marcus ...
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Friday, July 10, 2015

George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a fundraiser to benefit veterans maimed in the wars that he started.

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Courtesy of ABC News :   Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans s...
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Monday, June 08, 2015

Joni Ernst claims that US troops are ready and willing to fight a new war in Iraq.

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Courtesy of Raw Story :   “I am not ready to put ground troops in, but I think we are coming to a juncture where we will have to make t...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Mike Huckabee suggests that parents dissuade their children from joining the military until President Obama leaves office. Apparently he has an "open hostility toward the Christian faith."

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Courtesy of HuffPo :   Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) suggested Friday that young Americans planning to join the military should...
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Friday, March 20, 2015

Army platoon based in Alaska hosts a "Racial Thursday" where every racial slur is not only allowed but encouraged. Seriously?

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Courtesy of the Army Times :   The Army is investigating allegations that a platoon of soldiers was given a free pass to use racial slur...
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Saturday, February 07, 2015

Veteran calls the Republicans out on their hypocrisy concerning the military.

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Courtesy of the Greenville Gazette :   In a recent post on FaceBook, veteran Jim Adams told the Republicans, ‘don’t you dare thank me f...
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Monday, December 08, 2014

How the deification of soldiers is hurting them in the long run.

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This is an excerpt from a Boston Globe story entitled "Joining the Military doesn't make you a hero:"   When soldiers wer...
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Thursday, June 19, 2014

With the whole Benghazi thing blowing up in the conservatives faces, Obamacare doing much better than they predicted, and Hillary Clinton gracefully dodging GOP mudslinging, Sarah Palin decides to focus on breaking a Marine out of a Mexico jail instead.

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Courtesy of the White Walker of Wasilla's Facebook page :   Does it seem like a decorated Marine is the only one Obama doesn...
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

President Obama resists the urging from Republicans, and states that we will NOT be sending soldiers back into Iraq.

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Courtesy of CNN :   No troops to Iraq, but other options are being considered.  That was President Barack Obama's message Friday ...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Did six soldiers lose their lives looking for Sgt. Bergdahl as the conservatives claim? Doesn't look like it.

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Courtesy of the New York Times :   Did the search for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl cost the lives of American soldiers?  Since last weekend’s p...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Sarah Palin cannot think of anything stupid enough to say about the return of Sgt. Bergdahl. Fortunately for her Bristol is a fount of ignorance.

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Of course this was not quite dimwitted enough so Palin also had her Facebook ghostwriter jot this down : Bristol posted an answer to sup...
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Sunday, June 01, 2014

President negotiates release of soldier held by Taliban since 2009. Receives universal praise. Well, almost universal.

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President with parents of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Courtesy of NBC News :   The family of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was overjo...
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Monday, May 26, 2014

It's Memorial Day so that means war pimping, warrior bod birthing, Sarah Palin MUST make a statement. And if she can get a dig in at the President, all's the better.

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Courtesy of Lady Liberal Libation's Facebook page : Enjoy this long, glorious spring weekend, and please never forget the true meani...
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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Sarah Palin uses recent revelations about the VA falsifying records to once again try to defend her "death panels" lie.

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Since when do injured soldiers wear their uniforms while lying in a hospital bed? Courtesy of ole Death Panels Facebook page :   I lov...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Australia's army chief, Lieutenant General David Morrison's message to soldiers who prey on women in the military, "Get out!" This is a MUST see!

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"I will be ruthless in ridding the Army of people who cannot live up to its values." Oh hell yeah! This is of course in respon...
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