{"id":4831,"date":"2024-05-04T01:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T01:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2024\/05\/04\/u-s-defense-secretary-disgraces-himself-what-happened-to-no-troops-on-the-ground\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:28:50","slug":"u-s-defense-secretary-disgraces-himself-what-happened-to-no-troops-on-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2024\/05\/04\/u-s-defense-secretary-disgraces-himself-what-happened-to-no-troops-on-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY DISGRACES HIMSELF WHAT HAPPENED TO NO TROOPS ON THE GROUND?!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A post shared by Daizy Gedeon (@daizygedeon)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

US Congressman, Matt Gaetz, questioned Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing this week on Gaza and the issue of US troops having to protect the pier being built by the US in Gaza to allegedly open an unhindered passage for aid to reach Gaza.<\/p>\n

The questioning got firey with Gaetz pressed Austin as to whether US troops might be shot at and whether they would then be forced to carry arms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, typically all of the service members carry guns and they have the ability to protect themselves if challenged,\u201d the Secretary of Defense said.<\/p>\n

Gaetz then called out Austin and Biden for lying to the American public: \u201cPresident Biden told the country that we weren\u2019t going to have boots on the ground. You guys seem to be sort of saying that boots on a pier connected to the ground connected to service members shooting into Gaza doesn\u2019t count as boots on the ground?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not,\u201d Austin hypocritically responded, making himself look foolish and deceptive.<\/p>\n

Ha! Sometimes you question how these people got into their positions and if they hear themselves as they speak… The irrationality is incomprehensible.<\/p>\n

@thecradlemedia<\/p>\n

If you advocate for TRUTH & JUSTICE, SHARE to spread the knowledge.<\/p>\n

#UnitedPeople #WatermelonRevolution #AntiPales #FreeGaza #PalestineSolidarity #GazaGenocide<\/p>\n

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\nMatt Gaetz Miss Locken just said there\u2019ll be about a thousand U.S. service members operating a pier system off of Gaza. How many of them will have guns, Mr. Secretary?
\nLloyd Austin: Well, typically all of the service members carry guns and they have the ability to protect themselves if challenged.
\nMatt Gaetz So if someone shoots at our service members who are on the $320 million pier that we’re building, you’re telling me our service members can shoot back?
\nLloyd Austin: They have the right to, to return fire, to protect themselves.
\nMatt Gaetz: Do you think that that’s a likely scenario?
\nLloyd Austin: That’s possible. Yes.
\nMatt Gaetz This is a very telling moment, Mr. Secretary, cause you’ve said something that’s quite possible that could happen, right? Shots from Gaza on our service members and then the response, our armed service members shooting live fire into Gaza. That is a possible outcome here so that we can become the Port Authority, right? President Biden told the country that we weren’t going to have boots on the ground.
\nJoe Biden: No U.S. boots will be on the ground.
\nMatt Gaetz: You guys seem to be sort of saying that boots on a pier, connected to the ground, connected to service members shooting into Gaza, doesn’t count as boots on the ground?
\nLloyd Austin: It does not.
\nMatt Gaetz: I think you’re going to find the American people have a different perspective on that, and if we’re gonna have people shooting into Gaza, we probably should have a vote on that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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