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Trump was Republican well before she became black this year.One of the DNC speakers said Harris has been black longer than Trump has been a Republican.
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Trump was Republican well before she became black this year.One of the DNC speakers said Harris has been black longer than Trump has been a Republican.
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It’s not. Fuck offIt's a new day.
move over
They Called Us "Lucky" (D) Rep Ruben Gallego Harvard gradNone of that happened under bidumb/harris. If those are his principles he should vote for Trump.
As a real Marine who saw combat the speech had to make his skin crawl. Can you imagine how much of your soul you would have to give up as a combat marine to go on national tv and give that speech for a man who not only ran from his service, but then lies about his rank? Rubin has to be soaking in a hot tub of bleach right now. How sad. This may actually be worse than Walz and his stolen valor. A combat vet sinking to this level.They Called Us "Lucky" (D) Rep Ruben Gallego Harvard grad
The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit
By Ruben Gallego, Jim DeFelice
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They Called Us Lucky
From the Arizona Congressman, a "powerful" and "searing" (PW) chronicle of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War At first, they were “Lucky Lima.” Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalwww.harpercollins.com
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Ruben Gallego - Wikipedia
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From the Arizona Congressman, a "powerful" and "searing" (PW) chronicle of the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of Lima Company, the hardest-hit unit of the Iraq War
At first, they were “Lucky Lima.” Infantryman Ruben Gallego and his brothers in Lima Company—3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, young men drawn from blue-collar towns, immigrant households, Navajo reservations—returned unscathed on patrol after patrol through the increasingly violent al Anbar region of Iraq, looking for weapons caches and insurgents trying to destabilize the nascent Iraqi government. After two months in Iraq, Lima didn't have a casualty, not a single Purple Heart, no injury worse than a blister. Lucky Lima.
Then, in May 2005, Lima’s fortunes flipped. Unknown to Ruben and his fellow grunts, al Anbar had recently become a haven for al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. The bin Laden-sponsored group had recruited radicals from all over the world for jihad against the Americans. On one fateful day, they were lured into a death house; the ambush cost the lives of two men, including a platoon sergeant. Two days later, Ruben’s best friend, Jonathon Grant, died in an IED attack, along with several others. Events worsened from there. A disastrous operation in Haditha in August claimed the lives of thirteen Marines when an IED destroyed their amphibious vehicle. It was the worst single-day loss for the Marines since the 1983 Beirut bombings. By the time 3/25 went home in November, it had lost more men than any other single unit in the war. Forty-six Marines and two Navy Corpsmen serving with the battalion in Iraq were killed in action during their roughly nine-month activation.
They Called Us “Lucky” details Ruben Gallego’s journey and includes harrowing accounts of some of the war’s most costly battles. It details the struggles and the successes of Ruben—now a member of Congress—and the rest of Lima Company following Iraq, examining the complicated matter of PTSD. And it serves as a tribute to Ruben’s fallen comrades, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
With its gripping accounts of some of the war's most costly battles, They Called Us 'Lucky' is a must-read for anyone interested in military history and the politics of war. It offers a firsthand perspective on the Iraq War and the struggles faced by soldiers like Ruben Gallego, who served in the hardest hit company of the hardest hit battalion of the war and occupation.
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2:45 they all walk in -- all the Veterans
WE WERE PROUD TO WEAR THE UNIFORM. AND WE ARE PROUD SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN CITY HALL, STATE CAPITALS, THE U.S. HOUSE, AND THE SENATE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THESE VETERANS REPRESENT THE BEST OF OUR COUNTRY. WE STAND UNITED AS VETERANS, DEMOCRATS, AND PATRIOTS TO FIGHT FOR EVERYONE WHO SERVED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] POLITICIANS LIKE DONALD TRUMP DO NOT STAND WITH US. THEY CALL PATRIOTS LIKE SENATOR MCCAIN LOSERS. JOHN MCCAIN WAS AN AMERICAN HERO. SHOW SOME RESPECT. PROJECT 2025 WILL SLASH VETERANS BENEFITS AND FORCE VA HOSPITAL SOUP CLOSE ACROSS THE NATION.
SHOW SOME RESPECT. SO FOR THE 18-YEAR-OLD WHO DECIDES TO ENLIST, OR THE FAMILIES LIKE MINE WHO PRAY EVERY NIGHT THAT THEIR LOVED ONES WOULD COME HOME, FOR OUR TROOPS STATIONED THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, FOR MY MARINES OF LIMA COMPANY, LET US ELECT KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ, WHO DO NOT JUST RESPECT OUR SERVICE, BUT REVERE IT. BECAUSE THE VETERANS WHO DEFENDED THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT JUST THE REASON WE CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT. THEY ARE THE REASON WE CAN DREAM. AND TOGETHER, TOGETHER WE WILL FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS AND EVERYONE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHANTING "USA"
The cackle?Vice President of the United States of America, and 2024 Democratic Party Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris enters the hall -- takes the stage. That smile! That genuine laugh that so many of us love.
History in the making.
Happy Wedding Anniversary Kamala and Doug
Shame on youAs a real Marine who saw combat the speech had to make his skin crawl. Can you imagine how much of your soul you would have to give up as a combat marine to go on national tv and give that speech for a man who not only ran from his service, but then lies about his rank? Rubin has to be soaking in a hot tub of bleach right now. How sad. This may actually be worse than Walz and his stolen valor. A combat vet sinking to this level.
She didn't become black this year, you dumbass gaslighted fuckwit.Trump was Republican well before she became black this year.
There's that hate which is going to make you losers lose.The cackle?
Your post reminds me of that time I was in a helicopter crash with Willie Brown.Trump was Republican well before she became black this year.
I have no respect for stolen valor Tim, he’s the one who lied about his career. He deserves none.Shame on you
Like DJT, you are incapable of showing respect.
Can you produce a single news article from her days as a DA where she claimed black not Indian?Your post reminds me of that time I was in a helicopter crash with Willie Brown.
It is positively mindblowing the way you tards STILL parrot Trump's lies without engaging a single brain cell in critical thought.
No wonder he lies to you every day.
You BEG for it!
I guess she was "brown enough", that nobody asked. Does this bother you?Can you produce a single news article from her days as a DA where she claimed black not Indian?
By that measure I’m brown enough to run as black. Are we really running a presidential election on what little girls see race wise? Have we arrived to the point in this country a white woman can be in government for years claiming to be Indian, and an Indian can decide to be black because it’s the race of race.She's killing it. No doubt about it.
I guess she was "brown enough", that nobody asked. Does this bother you?
When little girls see her running for President, and think, "she's brown"... does that bother you? What about grown women? She is reeling them in, you know. In droves.
Oh, BTW. You can’t. That’s why you went on this rant.She's killing it. No doubt about it.
I guess she was "brown enough", that nobody asked. Does this bother you?
When little girls see her running for President, and think, "she's brown"... does that bother you? What about grown women? She is reeling them in, you know. In droves.
Then try it. Do you think it would work? Why, or why not? Do I really have to parse these not-so-fine points? Come one, you're not stupid.By that measure I’m brown enough to run as black.
It would work as long as I ran as a democrat. I could be a woman and a lesbian too.Then try it. Do you think it would work? Why, or why not? Do I really have to parse these not-so-fine points? Come one, you're not stupid.
But not as a Republican?It would work as long as I ran as a democrat. I could be a woman and a lesbian too.