Donald Trump said afterwards there where NO injuries….
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief…
Troops where safe…
Trump would have NO reason to start something crazy with Iran…
He announced more sanctions…
No military actions…
BUT?
Soon then?…. It HAS leaked out there WHERE injuries …
(Never trust Donald Trump to tell the truth?)
Probably reluctant to anger their boss Trump…..
The Pentagon would not say anything about the injuries…
But the media and then lawmakers persisted in questions….
So first there was a report that there where some injuries…..
Hmmmm?
The updated story has come out that there where 34 military injuries associated with traumatic brain ones…
The people involved had to be medivaced from Iraq to Germany for observation and treatment…
Half have reportedly returned to duty….
Donald Trump does NOT give the American military much of ANY PROPS….
Trump “minimized these troops’ injuries,” VFW National Commander-in-Chief William “Doc” Schmitz said in a statement Friday, after a Pentagon announcement that the number of injured troops had risen to 34.
“The VFW expects an apology from the president to our servicemen and women for his misguided remarks,” Schmitz said, adding that the White House should join with the organization to educate Americans about a serious injury that can cause depression, memory loss and other debilitating conditions.
The uproar marks the latest round of controversy over the Trump administration’s handling of the Jan. 8 ballistic missile attack on a military base in Iraq that houses American counterterrorism forces, which Trump initially claimed had resulted in no U.S. casualties. The dispute also follows a report in “A Very Stable Genius,” a book by two Washington Post reporters, documenting how Trump berated top military and diplomatic officials in 2017 as “dopes and babies” who did not know how to win wars….
Update.…
The number of injuries has risen to 50…