Tim Walz Swiftboated, Stolen Valor. Falsely Was in "War" When He Actually Abandoned His Men When They Shipped to Iraq

[Harpy Eagle]

I dropped mine with only a few months notice. But that was before 2003.

The regulations on this may have changed over the years, especially after all the never ending wars, because units needed to be given more time to replace people. Back in the days when Walz retired, people could still retire within a few months notice.

Walz retied in the middle of the never ending wars, only 4 years before I did. I do not think things changed that much in those 4 years.

 

[eagle7-31]

So not only did he falsely claim he was in a war zone, he turned tail and abandoned his men when they shipped to Iraq.

"I carried a weapon of war in war” - Tim Walz

Exclusive | Tim Walz a ‘coward’ and ‘traitor’ for retiring from military before Iraq, says Guardsman who replaced VP pick

“When your country calls, you are supposed to run into battle — not the other way,” Thomas Behrends told The Post of Tim Walz. “He ran away.”

nypost.com

Tim Walz a ‘coward’ and ‘traitor’ for retiring from military before Iraq, says Guardsman who replaced VP pick​

By
Isabel Vincent
Published Aug. 6, 2024,

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz chose to leave the military on the eve of his deployment to Iraq, Thomas Behrends went in his place.

“I needed to hit the ground running and take care of the troops — and tell them we were going to war,” Behrends said of the 500 soldiers under his command. “For a guy in that position, to quit is cowardice.”
Behrends, a 63-year-old farmer in Brewster, Minn., called the Democratic vice presidential candidate “a traitor” for retiring from their Minnesota National Guard unit just before their deployment to Iraq in 2005.
“When your country calls, you are supposed to run into battle — not the other way,” the retired command sergeant major told The Post Tuesday. “He ran away. It’s sad.

“He had the opportunity to serve his country, and said ‘Screw you’ to the United States. That’s not who I would pick to run for vice president.”






Fellow National Guardsmen who went to Iraq in place of Gov. Tim Walz say Kamala Harris’ VP pick is a “traitor” for retiring before deployment.REUTERS

Tim Walz's past DUI arrest for driving 96 mph in a 55 zone comes back to haunt VP pick​

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When Democratic vice presidential pick Tim Walz retired from the National Guard on the eve of his battalion’s deployment to Iraq in 2005, Tom Behrends (above) took his place as command sergeant major overseeing 500 troops.courtesy of Thomas Behrends

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Behrends (above) called Walz a “coward” for retiring from the National Guard on the eve of his unit’s Iraq deployment in 2005.courtesy of Thomas Behrends

Walz, 60, joined the National Guard after high school and served 24 years in the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, rising to the rank of command sergeant major. He retired in 2005 — months after a warning order that the battalion would be deployed to Iraq — to run for Congress. He was elected to office in 2006.

“On May 16th, 2005, [Walz] quit, betraying his country, leaving the 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion and its Soldiers hanging without its senior Non-Commissioned Officer, as the battalion prepared for war,” Behrends and fellow retired Guardsman Paul Herr wrote in a letter posted to Facebook during Walz’s first gubernatorial run, in 2018.

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[Harpy Eagle]

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Is that the open letter that was a paid political endorsement?

 

[debbiedowner]

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Nope, he would not have retired at E-9 until he was in that rank for at least 2 years.

 

[Missourian]

Is that the open letter that was a paid political endorsement?

Have your leftist overlords provided any evidence that refutes those allegations?

Maybe you should check in with them. You may have gotten out over your skis in your haste to defend yet another Democrat...right, "centrist"?

 

[M14 Shooter]

Is that the open letter that was a paid political endorsement?

I look forward to your link supporting this

 

[Missourian]

Nope, he would not have retired at E-9 until he was in that rank for at least 2 years.

He was never qualified to hold that rank. He was in the process of completing the coursework when he suddenly retired.

Conveniently after learning his unit was going to Iraq.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I look forward to your link supporting this

It was a question, that is what that little thing at the end of the sentence means.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Have your leftist overlords provided any evidence that refutes those allegations?

Maybe you should check in with them. You may have gotten out over your skis in your haste to defend yet another Democrat...right, "centrist"?

They are the opinions of someone, they are not backed up with any sort of evidence.

It is not about defending a Dem or Repub, it is about defending a fellow Veteran against attacks based on hearsay and rumors.

Are you a Veteran?

 

[M14 Shooter]

It was a question, that is what that little thing at the end of the sentence means.

Sounded like a passive -aggressive assertion to me.
But OK...

No.

 

[M14 Shooter]

They are the opinions of someone, they are not backed up with any sort of evidence.

Do you have evidence he put in for retirement before the WO came in?

 

[JoeB131]

There are no alternatives.

When we get fusion nuclear we will have clean energy. All the other shit is a waste of time.

Solar
Hydroelectric
Biofuels
Nuclear
Wind Energy
Energy efficiency.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Sounded like a passive -aggressive assertion to me.
But OK...

No.

Because of this...

Paid letter: The Truth About Tim Walz

Tim Walz has embellished and selectively omitted facts and circumstances of his military career for years.

www.wctrib.com

 

[boevans]

Here's the truth

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Do you have evidence he put in for retirement before the WO came in?

His unit did not leave for Iraq till March of 2006.

The unit did not receive their orders till July of 2005, after he was retired.

Nobody can show when they got the "unofficial" word they might deploy, but that they were deploying to Iraq was not official till 2 months after he was retired.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Because of this...

So I was right -- it -was- a passive-aggressive statement.

 

[M14 Shooter]

His unit did not leave for Iraq till March of 2006.
The unit did not receive their orders till July of 2005, after he was retired.

Thus, the answer to my question is....
No.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

So I was right -- it -was- a passive-aggressive statement.

no, it was a passive-aggressive question

Thus, the answer to my question is....
No.

Sure, as there is no evidence of when the "unofficial word" came to the unit. Thus all we can go by are the actual dates given by the MN NG

 

[boevans]

MAGA here is clearly failing the smell test.

They all smell like shit.

 

[boevans]

M14 fails the smell test. For shame on you.