Eleven U.S. service members were treated for concussion symptoms in the days after Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack on an American military base in Iraq, Pentagon officials said late Thursday.
The statement from U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, is a shift from the Trump administration’s previous contention that no Americans had been injured in the attack on Al Asad Air Base.
However, the Pentagon downplayed the notion Friday that information about possible injuries may have been intentionally hidden from public view, saying Defense Secretary Mark Esper, himself, only found out about the development Thursday afternoon because the symptoms experienced were not severe enough to trigger department protocols for alerting the secretary.
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Bout time to open that can.
ReplyDeleteConcussions. And hearing lose. Big deal. I got the same thing from firing canons for the Army. I did't even get any time off.
ReplyDeleteThe media is all over this story because they want to paint it like Trump put our soldiers in harm's way. These soldiers were treated for concussion "out of an abundance of caution".
ReplyDeletePutting our soldiers in danger would be allowing Soleimani to continue attacking our troops because it would be politically unpopular to do something about it.
I think we should pack up and leave the Middle East entirely, but if we aren't going to do that you &@%π well better protect them. Obama was literally letting this guy get away with murder, throwing troops in the brig for fighting back and sending the enemy planes full of cash.
Trump made a decision knowing it would be unpopular and knowing he would get attacked for it because it was the right thing to do.
Good ole number 11
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This throws the validity of whole story into question.
They are getting checked out and milking the clock. Soon to be released to active duty if not already. Almost like the media wants a war.
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