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.
Since its inception, the US government has never liked paying soldiers for war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Mutiny_of_1783
Alexander Hamilton didn’t even want to pay the IOUs back, until he decided that many were owned by investors that had bought them from soldiers. The quote was something to the effect of, “those investors are true Americans and they should get their money.” The Dollop podcast has a good 4-parter on Hamilton that covers that and other issues.
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 …
“A lot of people don’t call it a war. I call it a military conflict, because it’s small potatoes for us.”
Apparently he has small potatoes 🥔🥔🤏
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.
Why would it matter if we’re at war or not?
It’s combat and someone died as part of it.
So much winning Americans.
Its really fucked that the people who are serving who didn’t vote for this clown are now suffering at his co-conspirators.
Stupid loopholes
No, right, it’s just a Special Military Operation.
A lil’ oopsie
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.
The department of war, at war? How ridiculous.
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!”
And losing at that.
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?
their refusal makes them the true losers of the 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.
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
