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Feral wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:21 am Lt. General Mark Hertling: "Traumatic brain injury is the agent orange of this generation."

VFW Expects Apology From POTUS. ‘TBI is a serious injury and one that cannot be taken lightly’

January 24, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – "In light of today's announcement from the defense department that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of Iran's retaliatory strike and President Trump's remarks which minimized these troops’ injuries, the Veterans of Foreign Wars cannot stand idle on this matter.

TBI is a serious injury and one that cannot be taken lightly. TBI is known to cause depression, memory loss, severe headaches, dizziness and fatigue — all injuries that come with both short- and long-term effects.

The VFW expects an apology from the president to our service men and women for his misguided remarks. And, we ask that he and the White House join with us in our efforts to educate Americans of the dangers TBI has on these heroes as they protect our great nation in these trying times. Our warriors require our full support more than ever in this challenging environment." — William “Doc” Schmitz, VFW National Commander

TDub wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:04 am

Feral wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:21 am Lt. General Mark Hertling: "Traumatic brain injury is the agent orange of this generation."

VFW Expects Apology From POTUS. ‘TBI is a serious injury and one that cannot be taken lightly’

January 24, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – "In light of today's announcement from the defense department that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of Iran's retaliatory strike and President Trump's remarks which minimized these troops’ injuries, the Veterans of Foreign Wars cannot stand idle on this matter.

TBI is a serious injury and one that cannot be taken lightly. TBI is known to cause depression, memory loss, severe headaches, dizziness and fatigue — all injuries that come with both short- and long-term effects.

The VFW expects an apology from the president to our service men and women for his misguided remarks. And, we ask that he and the White House join with us in our efforts to educate Americans of the dangers TBI has on these heroes as they protect our great nation in these trying times. Our warriors require our full support more than ever in this challenging environment." — William “Doc” Schmitz, VFW National Commander

Heres the thing. IF they'd said this immediately there wouldve been more pressure to respond in kind and escalate the situation even further.

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:30 am

TDub wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:04 am

Feral wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:21 am Lt. General Mark Hertling: "Traumatic brain injury is the agent orange of this generation."

VFW Expects Apology From POTUS. ‘TBI is a serious injury and one that cannot be taken lightly’

January 24, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – "In light of today's announcement from the defense department that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of Iran's retaliatory strike and President Trump's remarks which minimized these troops’ injuries, the Veterans of Foreign Wars cannot stand idle on this matter.

TBI is a serious injury and one that cannot be taken lightly. TBI is known to cause depression, memory loss, severe headaches, dizziness and fatigue — all injuries that come with both short- and long-term effects.

The VFW expects an apology from the president to our service men and women for his misguided remarks. And, we ask that he and the White House join with us in our efforts to educate Americans of the dangers TBI has on these heroes as they protect our great nation in these trying times. Our warriors require our full support more than ever in this challenging environment." — William “Doc” Schmitz, VFW National Commander

Heres the thing. IF they'd said this immediately there wouldve been more pressure to respond in kind and escalate the situation even further.

i don’t disagree, but you would prefer another lie?

there were tactful ways that truth could’ve been told

MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:38 am The president is a nincompoop. And I look forward to him not being our president anymore.

MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 11:38 am The president is a nincompoop. And I look forward to him not being our president anymore.

Feral wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 1:20 pm Like anyone in his position would, Trump wanted to cast himself in the best possible light in the aftermath of an attack on Americans by another country. So, he minimized the damage. But in this case, Trump had additional motivation to do so, because he had provoked the attack. So, after a scathing news cycle Trump did what has always worked for him, he made up an alternative reality, claimed to know something he didn't, and lied. Then, when his ruse fell apart, instead of being contrite and saying something to the effect of, "Traumatic brain injuries don't always manifest quickly but nonetheless we're going to make sure that every one of our service people get the best care possible yada, yada...", again, he did what has always worked for him, and he created yet another alternative reality by minimizing the potentially severe effects of TBI by conflating it with "headaches", and said, "No, I don't consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries that I've seen,". And now, the Veterans of Foreign Wars is expecting an apology.

All of that, to absolutely no one's surprise. No one's.

What is a "surprise" though, is not that Trump serially deceived us in order to make himself look good, it's that otherwise decent people like TDub and DC ignore the obvious, and rush to his defense.

#sad