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re: Just in: Walz claimed in 2021 speech he once saw fallen soldiers while stationed in Iraq

Posted on 8/11/24 at 9:58 pm to
Posted by DamnGood86
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 9:58 pm to
quote:

What is that from? How do we know that quote wasn't made up? What is the source?

It was made up; that's the point.
Posted by Knight of Old
New Hampshire
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:06 pm to
Thank, I was about to give up the search for this…
Posted by Athis
I AM Charlie Kirk....
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:19 pm to
Posted by GumboPot
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:19 pm to
Looks like Walz was stealing valor for political gain. Not cool. Not cool at all and may be against the law.
Posted by PuertoRicanBlaze
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:20 pm to
But at least he's not... something about democracy and Trump.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:22 pm to
There were three US military casualties in Afghanistan which Walz could have conceivably been witness to their air flight home.

Two on January 7th, 2008.
One on January 9th, 2008.

His trip was a four-day trip that included Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:25 pm to
quote:

What is that from? How do we know that quote wasn't made up? What is the source?


Not to defend the guy but he did travel to Iran and Afghanistan as a Representative. Could have very well witnessed something like that on the trip.


Posted by minister of truth
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:28 pm to
If you listen to the posted speech he said he left when his daughter was 3 and returned when she was 4. I don’t think his trips as a representative lasted a year

Sorry 2 and 3 years
This post was edited on 8/11/24 at 10:31 pm
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:29 pm to
It was four days. He was back in the states on January 11th, 2008.
Posted by David_DJS
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:30 pm to
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If you listen to the posted speech he said he left when his daughter was 3 and returned when she was 4. I don’t think his trips as a representative lasted a year

What he's referring to there is when he was stationed somewhere in Europe for a while. He's a devious frick.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:31 pm to
In four days, he visited Germany, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Posted by highcotton2
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:31 pm to
quote:

you listen to the posted speech he said he left when his daughter was 3 and returned when she was 4. I don’t think his trips as a representative lasted a year


Yea no doubt he tried to misrepresent the event if it did indeed happen.
Posted by minister of truth
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:32 pm to
Yep. The “representative” angle doesn’t jive with the time span
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:33 pm to
quote:

What he's referring to there is when he was stationed somewhere in Europe for a while. He's a devious frick.


He had to carefully craft that statement to give the impression of serving in Afghanistan without ever serving in Afghanistan.

Guy was in the National Guard for over two decades. Just say that. Jesus.
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:35 pm to
What an embarrassment. The horse cum guzzler
Posted by David_DJS
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:36 pm to
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He had to carefully craft that statement to give the impression of serving in Afghanistan without ever serving in Afghanistan.

No doubt about it.

He crafted his remarks to make his visit to Bagram as a congressman and his few months station in Europe as a guardsman (I forget the details on this) to sound like he served in a war zone.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:41 pm to
8 months in Vincenza, Italy.
August 2003 - March 2004?

On March 20, 2005, Walz’s campaign put out a press release titled “Walz Still Planning to Run for Congress Despite Possible Call to Duty in Iraq.”
Posted by GumboPot
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:44 pm to
Posted by Boks
Red Lodge, MT
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 8/11/24 at 10:46 pm to
Was just about to post that if there is smoke, there is fire. Right now, there is an army of GOP attorneys, interns, and others combing through his speeches. This guy Walz appears to have made a habit of lying or embellishing the truth. We may have not even seen the worst of his lying about his military service. Time will tell...
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