2/10/20: It turns out, President Trump’s decision to take out an Iranian general in a drone strike had more serious repercussions than our fearless leader dared admit. “No Americans were harmed,” he reported shortly after the Iranians responded by hitting a U.S. military base with missiles.
“I heard they had headaches and a couple of other things.”
What he really meant was, “No one named Donald J. Trump was harmed, because this strike against the Iranian general might make me look fearless and help boost my approval ratings.”
The Pentagon soon admitted that eleven U.S. personnel had been harmed in the attack. The number grew to 34. Then 50. Then 64. Now we learn that 109 soldiers suffered traumatic brain injuries when the Iranians struck back. Most have returned to duty, but 21 have been sent to the United States.
Nor do the words, “traumatic brain injuries” quite fit the description the president coughed up when he first heard our men and women in uniform had suffered serious concussions (which often happens when an enemy is dropping 1,500 pound explosive payloads on your heads). “I heard that they had headaches and a couple of other things,” Trump explained. “But I would say, and I can report that it’s not very serious. I don’t consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries that I’ve seen.”
One suspects that the president did not want to admit that Iran hit back hard because he might have had to go to war if he did.
We do know the attack reduced several buildings, including at least one barracks on the base, to smoking rubble.
CBS reporters spoke to one of the injured, Sergeant First Class Daine Kvasager, a few days after the attack. Kvasager was in the back of a truck, operating a drone, when missiles began exploding. “The truck I was in actually lifted up on two wheels and then came back down,” he explained. That might rattle your nerves a little. When a massive blast occurs close by, it might rattle your brain.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE indicts four members of the Chinese military in the 2017 breach of the Equifax security system. More than 147 million Americans who had credit ratings done by Equifax were affected. The hackers got away with personal data, including names and addresses.
The good news: the DOJ does something right under Attorney General “Banana Republic Bill” Barr for a change.
The bad news: “Banana Republic Bill” is still AG and Trump is still President of the Banana Republic of Trumpistan. Recently, our fawning leader layered on praise for Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart, saying that Xi was doing a great job regarding the spread of the new coronavirus. “China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus,” Trump tweeted “The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!”
Yes, “transparency.”
A well-known attribute of the Chinese Communist regime – which, by the way, clamped down on media stories about the outbreak, almost the moment it began. (See: 2/11/20.)
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