To everyone disappointed and upset by Cruz’s defeat last night (and that includes me):
If we do not rally behind the GOP nominee, *this* is what we will be getting for the next eight years.
A Navy SEAL killed during an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) attack in Iraq was “killed in combat,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest acknowledged Tuesday, but was “not in a combat mission.”
The serviceman, identified as Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Charlie Keating IV, was the third member of the U.S. armed forces to be killed in combat since President Obama sent troops back into Iraq to advise, train and equip local forces, three years after the formal U.S. withdrawal was completed.
Keating was killed when ISIS attacked a Kurdish peshmerga position some two or three miles behind the front line in northern Iraq, according to the Pentagon.
“This is an individual who is not in a combat mission, but he was in a dangerous place,” Earnest told a daily briefing. “And his position came under – under attack. He was armed, trained and prepared to defend himself.”
“Unfortunately, he was killed. And he was killed in combat, but that was not a part of his mission,” he continued. “His mission was specifically to offer advice and assistance to those Iraqi forces that were fighting for their own country.”….
Via CBS News.
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After Cruz bowed out last night I was too disappointed to even look at twitter, this blog or listen to radio/TV. I saw nothing but dark days ahead for us (even though I know better). I needed to unplug and take a breather, even if it were only for a few hours. Woke up this morning and listened to TROTS podcast. I will vote for Trump (I still don’t trust him) and by the end of this whole process may even enthusiastically support him. Now that the nominee is pretty much settled we need to focus on State and local elections. While our attention has been sucked into the black hole circus of this primary the left has been hard at work. The conservative, Marlin Stutzman, lost to Mitch’s boy, Todd Young, in Indiana’s senate race. We can not loose our focus – because the Mitch McConnells and John Boehners of our country are still hard at work and have not lost their focus. Time to lace up our boots ya’ll!
Excellent commentary Pamela. And you remind us of the importance of all the other races. I know there will still be people at the end who will refuse to vote for Trump, but if people *stay home* it means they also abandon all the ‘down ticket’ races.
So the first priority is to vote for all! But we musn’t forget everyone else running. We all agree the goal is to get this wonderful country back on her feet. We can only do that through a reformation and a Congress that understands and supports what we need to do to get that done. Influence, influence, influence! And one day at a time 🙂 xxoo
Can’t remember the specifics, but Ann Coulter gave Democrats conniption fits one time when she pointed out that a cabinet secretary who is disabled from his service during Vietnam, was not injured as a result of enemy action. Not holding my breath that legacy media will bring that up.
UGH! You know the Obama spokeholes are just chomping at the bit to refer to the loss of this brave serviceman as something despicable like ‘overseas workplace violence’. I wish Obama, The State Department and the AG could all be charged for Keating’s death as well as almost all the other deaths of service members that occurred at least during The Jerk’s second term.
This Admin knows nothing about selfless service toward the defense of other people. These Marxist scum will never embrace the notion of, ” Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his brother.”