Tim Walz Didn’t ‘Misspeak’ About His Military Service — He’s Lied For Years.. State Rep. Tony Kurtz

[mystery-ak]

Tim Walz Didn't 'Misspeak' About His Military Service — He Lied
State Rep. Tony Kurtz

Over the past several days there’s been quite a bit of discussion and debate about the military service of Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn. But let’s cut through the noise.

As a veteran of two wars, I can tell you that there are three things old soldiers never forget: the name of their basic training drill sergeant, the rank at which they were discharged or retired, and their time deployed in a combat zone.

Walz seems to have trouble with the latter two. 

Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate has made his military service an issue in this election because he has — in the words of some of his political allies — “misspoken” about his service in the National Guard.

Please understand, I’m not questioning his service to our nation, which was by all accounts honorable. It’s his repeated “misrepresentation” of his deployment status and his military rank that have caused Walz and the Democrats political heartburn, and rightly so.

Walz’s former unit deployed to a war zone; he did not. He retired in 2005, just a few months before his fellow soldiers were sent off to Iraq.

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https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/13/tim-walz-didnt-misspeak-about-his-military-service-hes-lied-for-years/

[mountaineer]

The Ignominy Of Master Sergeant Timothy Walz
If Tim Walz could not be trusted to fulfill the duties he had to his nation in 2005, how can he be trusted to be vice president in 2025?
By: Cynical Publius
August 13, 2024
The Federalist

The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of controversy regarding the military service record of Democrat vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. My X account has seen the most traffic it has ever known as I have discussed this issue at length, and I thought it would be a good idea now to take a deep breath and kind of recap where we are at in this controversy. I know for sure that the veteran community is fired up over this issue, but I sense that many from the non-veteran community do not know what to think given the competing arguments from both sides of the political aisle.

I would like to share my own personal experiences and thoughts as a retired Army colonel and veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan. What I hope for civilians to understand is this: The issue is not the number of years Walz served, or when he submitted his retirement paperwork, or what his final rank was, or even — just as a stand-alone proposition — whether he ever went to combat. No, the issue is the unique and special position of trust he held when he decided to walk away from his soldiers, his unit, and his nation. I’ll explain. ...

https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/13/the-ignominy-of-master-sergeant-timothy-walz/

[PeteS in CA]

There's a "dog that isn't barking." Where are the (former) MNG member defending how Walz retired and how he has represented his record in MNG?