Father of Marine killed in Afghanistan arrested for shouting at Biden
Father of Marine killed in Afghanistan arrested for shouting at Biden
Steven Nikoui, the father a Marine killed during the U.S. withdrawal of Afghanistan, was arrested Thursday evening for shouting from a House gallery at President Biden during his State of the Union…
And who started the withdrawal and left only 2500 troops in Afghanistan by the time Biden took office?
You can not like or dislike that we left Afghanistan, but you cant say it wasnt a shitshow of a withdrawal. If you cant admit it was botched then you are not being rational.
You can initiate a troop withdrawal from a 20-year conflict with less than 4 months of your presidency, but you can't select a supreme court justice unless you have an R next your party affiliation? Biden inherited a shitshow with no other option to get out as fast as possible. He's barking at the wrong guy, of course.
That shit show was caused by mango mussolini's release of 5K Taliban troops and reducing the US troop presence to 2500 making it impossible to manage to evacuate more orderly by the agreed exist before date. None of it was the result of Biden's decision. Unless of course you wish to claim Biden should have refused to honor the US given word.
Trump refused to share any existing plans until Biden took office. Guy couldnt hit the ground running, he had to play catchup because for the first time ever a Prez refused to hand the torch. With Covid killing more than troops in a war, that took priority, then all the other domestic shit he got left with, insurrectionists, and a few months for the withdrawal (which should have had a plan in place already)
Yeah, don't know why you're catching down votes. The withdrawal was a rushed shit show. It was always going to be a mess, but literally announcing a complete withdrawal with a wholly inflexible timeline was just handing anyone who cooperated with the gov a death sentence.
I volunteer as a healthcare provider with an NGO that helped settle a lot of translators who worked with the military from Afghanistan to the US. Hearing about their last days escaping Kabul is always harrowing and they all left family behind.
“He is the father of Marine Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, who was KIA due to Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Mast said online. “Joe Biden may try to turn the page on Afghanistan after his incompetence cost American lives, but NOT ON MY WATCH.”
Last August, on the two-year anniversary of the explosion, Biden released a statement to mourn the lives of the service members and civilians who were killed in the “horrific terrorist attack.”
We will forever honor the memory of the 13 service members who were stolen far too soon from their families, loved ones, and brothers- and sisters-in-arms, while performing a noble mission on behalf of our nation. We can never repay the incredible sacrifice of any of the 2,461 U.S. service members who lost their lives over two decades of war in Afghanistan or the 20,744 who were wounded. But we will never fail to honor our sacred obligation to our service members and veterans, as well as their families, caregivers, and survivors.
Today, Jill and I remember and mourn these 13 brave American service members and the more than 100 innocent Afghan civilians who were killed in the horrific terrorist attack at Abbey Gate. Many more were injured and will carry the impacts of their wounds and the horrors of that day for the rest of their lives.
We pray for the families of our fallen warriors. We grieve with them, we honor them, and we will always continue to support them.
The ignorance and stupidity in this country will most certainly be our demise.
These are the same people who want to know why Obama wasn't in the Oval Office on 9/11.
Meh, fuck him. His son signed up to go murder people in their own country for a paycheck and it bit him in the ass. Waaah.
Blaming the people who need to eat instead of the people creating an economy out of death and misery is counter-productive. US foreign policy and economics have centered around war for at least 80 years, Biden has played a crucial role in facilitating it for a few decades.
And the fact a person has been arrested for shouting at the president in the same location where people literally stormed it and engaged in literal violence and walked away free that day? Amazing.
Biden might be infinitely better than the alternative for most citizens of the US (and likely the entire world) - but the non-US part of the world has been bearing the costs of the US military economy that has provided the privileges US citizens currently enjoy.
But fuck the guy who lost his kid, right? He's the real problem. /s
First, I'm not blaming anyone. Just pointing out that what happened was a logical and known potential outcome and consequence of signing up to go overseas to murder others in their country so his bosses could further perpetuate US hegemony across the globe.
Secondly, there are many other ways to "eat." You make it sound as if the choice is binary between starving and joining the military: it's not.
Thirdly, the US has been at war for all of its existence in one form or another. The only thing that makes the last 80 years different is the efficiency of murder and the new murder weapons they have access to.
Lastly, yeah, fuck this guy. He's putting blame on someone who is neither the proximal nor actual cause of his sons death, and he's choosing to do it in a forum/in a way that does nothing but create a media spectacle.
Step 1) Act immorally
Step 2a) Nothing goes wrong - No problem! Step 2b) Something goes wrong - Continue to step 3
Step 3) Complain
Yeah, it's a little weird seeing an ML-ish space "defending the troops against those bastard Washington elites".
Shouting at US president = jail
Meanwhile, nothing like this happens in China or Russia 😂
People with a 'but free speech!!' angle, let me know what country you think it would be okay to yell at the President or Prime Minister during a speech and then refuse to leave.
This is exactly how Prime Minster's Questions work in the UK.
I expect that Americans know nothing about other countries, but I thought maybe you'd know something about at least the UK.
oh no! Not shouting?! Lock up that undemocratic lunatic. We don't allow public criticism of our government officials.
Freedom of speech and the right to protest are when you get arrested for shouting at the person responsible for the death of your son.
Did you even read the article you posted?
“Our officers warned him to stop and when he did not, the man was removed from the House Galleries,” USCP said in a statement. He was arrested for crowding, obstructing or incommoding, said USCP, which added that “disrupting the Congress and demonstrating in the Congressional Buildings is illegal.”
D.C. Code § 22–1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding. Disrupting the Congress and demonstrating in the Congressional Buildings is illegal.”
https://floridianpress.com/2024/03/gold-star-father-arrested-at-bidens-sotu-address/
Biden is responsible for a lot of things but this is not one of them.
Nah, his son was responsible for his own death. I won't say he deserved to die but I will say I dgaf about dead marines.