uscwatson21 said:

That's a bit different than claiming to have seen combat.

Is his comment misleading? Yes. But at the end of the day the dude was called into active duty, forced to carry a weapon, and sent overseas carrying a rifle in support of a war campaign. Yeah Turkey and Italy weren't glamorous or all that risky. But he still did his duty.

Some real toxic gatekeeping. It would be like me criticizing the Soldiers who deployed to Kuwait and just weren't "lucky" enough to push into a combat theatre and get shot at like I was. Or criticizing JD Vance because he was a photographer in a non-combat role.

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uscwatson21 said:

That's a bit different than claiming to have seen combat.

Is his comment misleading? Yes. But at the end of the day the dude was called into active duty, forced to carry a weapon, and sent overseas carrying a rifle in support of a war campaign. Yeah Turkey and Italy weren't glamorous or all that risky. But he still did his duty.

Some real toxic gatekeeping. It would be like me criticizing the Soldiers who deployed to Kuwait and just weren't "lucky" enough to push into a combat theatre and get shot at like I was. Or criticizing JD Vance because he was a photographer in a non-combat role.

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uscwatson21 said:

That's a bit different than claiming to have seen combat.

Is his comment misleading? Yes. But at the end of the day the dude was called into active duty, forced to carry a weapon, and sent overseas carrying a rifle in support of a war campaign. Yeah Turkey and Italy weren't glamorous or all that risky. But he still did his duty.

Some real toxic gatekeeping. It would be like me criticizing the Soldiers who deployed to Kuwait and just weren't "lucky" enough to push into a combat theatre and get shot at like I was. Or criticizing JD Vance because he was a photographer in a non-combat role.

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Lurker123 said:

He claimed to carry weapons "in war". CNN correspondent fact checks as false.

CNN fact-checks Tim Walz about ‘absolutely false’ claim he carried weapons 'in war'

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman fact-checked claims about Tim Walz’s military record, firmly denying the governor saw combat despite his rhetoric implying he did.

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Lurker123 said:

Yes. Heard on radio, so no link, but he attained the higher rank, only to lose it because one of the conditions was to deploy with his unit.

When they were to deploy, he resigns, loses the higher rank and retires at a lower rank. But still claims the higher rank.

With proper word smithing, you could make true statements about him attaining that higher rank, just not keeping it.

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Gamecock Jacque said:

He also lies about his final rank.

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uscwatson21 said:

I haven't seen anything where he claimed to be in combat. Everything I've seen is he deployed to Europe in support of OEF and then retired before his unit went to Iraq.

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CNN fact-checks Tim Walz about ‘absolutely false’ claim he carried weapons 'in war'

CNN correspondent Tom Foreman fact-checked claims about Tim Walz’s military record, firmly denying the governor saw combat despite his rhetoric implying he did.

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Lurker123 said:

Someone played a clip of him discussing gun control and how he was against people having the guns he had "in combat".

He quite clearly made claims that were not true.

But he did serve for 24 years in the reserves. Resigning just before he was to be deployed to Iraq.

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Gamecock Jacque said:

24 years of a weekend a month doesn't equal 24 years of service. Listen to his claims and listen to the claims of the men who served with him. Dig into it. Educate yourself. The ignorant can be educated. Stupid can't be fixed.

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Lurker123 said:

Walz claiming to have been in combat when he wasn't is though.

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uscwatson21 said:

As someone who is still currently serving, I understand how 24 years of service isn’t stolen valor.

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uscwatson21 said:

As someone who is still currently serving, I understand how 24 years of service isn’t stolen valor.

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Gamecock Jacque said:

I thought you claimed to be in the military. Stolen Valor doesn't sit well with those that were actually in the military.

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Lurker123 said:

I may be older than you, I've been on this earth for more than 5 decades.

It's been a LONG time since I remember the election being anything but "the lesser of two evils".

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uscwatson21 said:

Walz appears to be the first normal person to run on the ticket in at least 40 years.

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Neanderthal said:

I’ve been around since the early Eisenhower administration, Lurker, and have been a student of history and a high school history teacher for over 40 years, and I’ve never seen anything like what’s been going on in the country the past 12-15 years. It is frightening and depressing. I don’t think this country or this world is going to come out of this any good. It’s a fractured country and a fractured world.

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Ward Jr said:

This is a very weak sauce. Trolls need engagement for fuel and this isn't going to draw them in.

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uscwatson21 said:

You already posted the best reason. They're not anti-vaxxers.

Unsurprisingly, when I went to a combat zone my Soldiers that were afraid of the covid vaccine end up being the most afraid guys to go on patrol.

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Ward Jr said:

Tell us what you like about the Harris/Waltz ticket Watson.

You know - a policy based argument for why this is the way.

The reality is that no one has idea what any of Kamala’s policy positions are.

And she’s not doing any interviews or press conferences.

And there have been no debates to tease out her opinions, as there was no primary.

This is not a serious campaign.

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DeeDave said:

My daughter wouldn't be whining about it as much as you are. She's tougher than that and is fine with them competing given the info we have.

The Russians can't get their story straight. But you keep relying on them. I'm fine with that.

Let's review again, sigh..

Roberts claims Khelif and Lin were first tested at the 2022 World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey but no action was taken as the results were "inconclusive".

Roberts (CEO) said the pair had "chromosome tests" but Kremlev (President) suggested the tests were to determine the fighters' testosterone levels.

The IBA said the tests were sent to two different laboratories that are accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). However, Wada has told BBC Sport it does not oversee gender tests or have anything to do with them.

Q: They were blood tests?

A: "Yes, blood tests." - CEO Roberts

Q: But you said those blood tests were inconclusive?

A: "Correct. For both boxers."

Q: What did the second blood tests tell you?

A: "Exactly the same. It gave us the same information. Inconclusive

Q: What were those tests designed to show? Your president said they were for testosterone?

A: "It was the chromosome thing. It was to identify that.

Q: Umar Kremlev said you tested them for testosterone...

A: "it was a gender test, blood test. I'm not going to state [Kremlev] was wrong."

Q: He said elevated levels of testosterone...

A: "Well, there are elevated levels of testosterone in that testing.

Q: Kremlev said testosterone, you're saying XY chromosome. We are not further forward in understanding...

A: "OK."

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uscwatson21 said:

Gotta love criticizing someone that served 24 years when you're voting for guy who dodged vietnam.

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Ward Jr said:

Waltz abandoned his foxhole Watson, but you know that.

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uscwatson21 said:

Walz appears to be the first normal person to run on the ticket in at least 40 years.

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