The families of US soldiers who have died in the US-Israeli war against Iran are battling to ensure they receive appropriate pay and benefits for their loved ones.
Libby Klinner, a widow, wrote on social media that the US air force had deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following the death of Major Alex Klinner, her 33-year-old husband, because Congress had not officially declared war.
He was one of six crew members of a KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq in March while supporting US strikes against Iran.
That’s wild.
I am not a fan of the military, but man, Hegseth and Trump are driving people away in droves with this kind of crap.
Oh well.
Yeah, this is NOT how you plan for a military coup
Maybe he put all the personal into a not war to be not in America?
He doesn’t have to pretend he cares anymore after you can’t do anything for him.
When Vance was asked about this at a press conference, he asked the reporter for the widow’s contact information (because the Pentagon doesn’t have it?), and assured that she would get everything she’s entitled to.
What do you want to bet that she’ll receive a visit from some military goons, who will tell her that she will get ALL that she is entitled to, which is NOTHING, because he didn’t die in an official war, and if she doesn’t shut the fuck up about it, she’ll be arrested and deported to Africa for being an undocumented alien?
The USA has become a sort of Simpsons/Black Mirror crossover episode.
It’s an answer a junior customer service rep would give when they have no idea how the organization or any processes actually work.
That’s bullshit. You know what else is bullshit? That the trumpstein files haven’t been released. Innocent people do not try to hide like this and innocent people aren’t named in the trumpstein files more than God is named in the Bible.
Although Donald Trump, the US president, has repeatedly called US military operations against Iran a war, he backed Mr Vanceon Friday, saying US strikes were “intermittent”.
He said “A lot of people don’t call it a war. I call it a military conflict, because it’s small potatoes for us.”
I can’t wait for this guy to shut the fuck up.
What a disgusting blowhard bullshitter.
I’m not sure pissing off the (still alive) people you trained to be killers is the best idea.
He has done so for years and they follow all orders to this day. So obviously no reason to stop treating them like shit.
Why? Not like they’re gonna coup this douchebag
Somehow, we can afford to pay Mitch McConnell to take 3 months off, and hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump to play golf (with 50 secret service), but widow of dead soldier? That’s where we draw the line
This should not surprise anyone. We’ve known Trump has nothing but contempt for our service members for years. It wasn’t even limited to his comments about John McCain’s five years as a POW either…
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ published by The Atlantic on Sept 3rd 2020.
I’ve said it forever: Screwing over veterans is more American than apple pie. We’ve been doing it since the American Revolution.
I can’t imagine President Pedophile being the one to change that. He doesn’t even care enough to pretend.
He actively distains troops and veterans.
He’s a draft dodger himself. They’re only pawns in his scheme to enrich himself and the capital class. It’s been the same with every president since WWII.
This is what happens when you prop your economy up on war and petroleum. You have to fight constant wars to maintain it. You have to keep heating up the planet until it’s unliveable.
The Great Depression proved that capitalism is a bubble that can’t sustain itself without constant exploitation of fossil fuels and the military-industrial complex. The second hit took place with the oil shortages and stagflation of the 1970s.
Pentagon & GOP: Fuck you for your service.
Military proceeds to vote GOP
At some point you have to lose compassion for idiots voting for the leopards party
40% of those in the military vote Democrat, do you have compassion for them?
Please recall that most voters voted for Trump, so anyone in any other nation could use your logic to not have compassion for you, the minority.
(if military are idiots because majority voted R, then you are an idiot because US majority voted R).
Military recruits predominantly lower income, under educated people and then proceeds to fall for Republican propaganda - it’s like you sectioned off a control group and said “damn, why are they so control?”
Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make
I don’t know … they followed the obviously illegal orders to go to war without congressional approval. They betrayed their oath to the constitution and favored Trump instead. Getting stiffed by Trump, as everyone expects of Trump, seems hardly something we should care about. Trump called them suckers, they chose to turn their backs on USA and follow Trump. It is of course sad when anyone gets hurt, but being willing participants in an unlawful and unjust war that is only about moving the stock market to make Trump rich … when Trump has betrayed the constitution practically every day …
You mean they were deployed when there was no war and then got bombed because a specific fighter jet followed orders. Most enlisted before trump.
Oh wow, the administration of conmen have conned more men 🙄
But fr good fuck them
Imagine joining the US military.
Think about the bright side: If all countries stop using the term “war”, then we’ve achieved world peace!! /s
You jest, but this is exactly what trump would do.
Stop testing for Covid and BAM, active cases drop significantly. Science.
Would? Doesn’t the “Board of Peace” exist?
Well they’ve already tried making it a crime to say the US is losing in Iran. That’s the old state trick to solving the homelessness problem…by making it illegal
No, right, it’s just a Special Military Operation.
It’s an Excursion.
A lil’ oopsie
