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.
Its really fucked that the people who are serving who didn’t vote for this clown are now suffering at his co-conspirators.
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.
No, right, it’s just a Special Military Operation.
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
Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make
I know people frown on “that other site,” but there’s an excellent, and sadly incomplete (I suspect), listing of all the ways The Idiot and his administration have gleefully fucked over veterans.
And many of them vote for him anyway.
Imagine joining the US military.
their refusal makes them the true losers of the military
The department of war, at war? How ridiculous.
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!”
And losing at that.
You all elected a conman and then act surprised after being conned?
MAGA winning all over the place!
Did you make it to the end where I said he was a shitty prez? Or did you just need to re-state the obvious?
My apologies, i wasn’t aware that there was a limit to how shitty he is.
JD Vance gets asked about the widows case and he responds to the journalist “send me her contact info so I can discuss it with her” as if he isn’t the second most powerful person in his country and already has full access to all of the info but doesn’t care. If they have to start paying out benefits to dead soldiers it might become more clear how many service members have actually died.
There are likely more fatalities of American soldiers but they are hiding them behind mission secrecy.
He is always looking for another widow to befriend. Right, Erika?
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.
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
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.
You also can’t lose a war if it isn’t a war! 😅
That’s how they avoid saying they haven’t won a war since WW2.
Iraq was a pretty clear military victory.
The war so nice they did it twice.
But it just lead to wider conflict and terrorism in the region.
So Iraq being in disarray after defeat somehow implies the US lost the war against them?
And wider conflict? Do you think Iraq was some sort of peaceful neighbor leading up to its demise?
The lack of a victory implies the US didn’t win.
Military coup when?
monkey paw curls Palantir performs the coup
Only if so many military personnel would not be MAGA… So not gonna happen.
Illegal, shameful, and un-American.
Seems pretty American to me
America Eats Its Young.
Other people’s too.
Yes. We know about trump. But what about the article?
