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In an interview with Hannity yesterday, regarding the British and French peacekeeping plan for Ukraine, Vance disrespected the hundreds of Brits who died serving along side US troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
A bold statement coming from an ex-corporal who served six months in Iraq with an airwing in a non-combat role as a journalist and photographer.
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Vance originally told Fox News on Monday: “The president knows that if you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine.“That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years. The security guarantee and also the economic guarantee for Ukraine is to rebuild the country and ensure that America has a long-term interest.”
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JD Vance has been condemned for disrespecting British veterans after he appeared to describe the UK as “some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.
The US vice president has been accused of erasing the experiences of Britons who served in Iraq and Afghanistan after his latest tirade against America’s European allies.
Some 636 British troops died fighting alongside the US in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an ex-soldier MP who served in Iraq said Mr Vance had made “a sinister attempt to deny that reality”.
Vance deployed to Iraq in 2005 for six months as a combat correspondent, writing articles and taking photos for the public affairs office. He went by James Hamel while in the Marines.
In his book, Vance wrote that he was lucky to escape fighting, but he recalled a moment when he was sent out with a civil affairs unit to do community outreach in an Iraqi community, which he said was an important reminder of how lucky he actually was.
After his deployment, Vance returned to the Marine Corps Airfield in Cherry Point, North Carolina, where he’d previously served in the public affairs office. To those Marines who had stayed behind, Vance returned from Iraq essentially unchanged.
A bold statement coming from an ex-corporal who served six months in Iraq with an airwing in a non-combat role as a journalist and photographer.
JD Vance criticised after comments on UK-French peacekeeping plan
US vice-president said deal unlikely to be secured by ‘some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years’
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Iraq veteran MP condemns Vance over claim Britain ‘hasn’t fought a war in 40 years’
Keir Starmer hit back as vice president accused of ‘erasing experience’ of UK armed forces personnel who served alongside US in Iraq and Afghanistan
www.independent.co.uk
The US vice president has been accused of erasing the experiences of Britons who served in Iraq and Afghanistan after his latest tirade against America’s European allies.
Some 636 British troops died fighting alongside the US in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an ex-soldier MP who served in Iraq said Mr Vance had made “a sinister attempt to deny that reality”.
Vance deployed to Iraq in 2005 for six months as a combat correspondent, writing articles and taking photos for the public affairs office. He went by James Hamel while in the Marines.
In his book, Vance wrote that he was lucky to escape fighting, but he recalled a moment when he was sent out with a civil affairs unit to do community outreach in an Iraqi community, which he said was an important reminder of how lucky he actually was.
After his deployment, Vance returned to the Marine Corps Airfield in Cherry Point, North Carolina, where he’d previously served in the public affairs office. To those Marines who had stayed behind, Vance returned from Iraq essentially unchanged.
