This article was originally published on WLT Report. You can read the original article HERE
Kamala Harris just got fact checked.
And hard!
During her debate with President Donald Trump, she stated that:
“..As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, the first time this century,” Harris said.
Oh, really?
“Not one“?
Where is she getting her intel?
Why don’t we just ask these guys…
Kamala Harris just got hit with the biggest fact check in human history pic.twitter.com/LDeniMIO88
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) September 13, 2024
We don’t really need to look any further into this, do we? I think it’s pretty clear.
USA Today reports:
During Tuesday’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Harris inaccurately made it sound as though there are no U.S. soldiers deployed in overseas conflict zones.
“And as of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone, in any war zone around the world, the first time this century,” Harris said.
That’s not quite true.
The U.S. maintains nearly 1,000 troops on bases in Syria and another 2,500 in Iraq, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. In Syria, U.S. troops are stationed to help prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group. They play a similar role in Iraq, where they also help disrupt Iran’s influence and supply lines to various militias.
Major civil war hostilities in both Syria and Iraq have gradually eased but both places are mired in low-level conflict.
One example of how U.S. troops are in harm’s way overseas: On the last day of August, a U.S. military-led raid in western Iraq killed at least 15 Islamic State group “operatives” who fought back with numerous weapons including grenades and explosive “suicide” belts. Seven U.S. soldiers were injured during the operation.
And in January, three U.S. soldiers were killed and 40 more injured in nearby Jordan when the base they were on close to Syria’s border came under attack by an Iranian-made drone.
More broadly, as of 2023 there were about 170,000 American troops stationed outside the U.S. on upwards of 800 U.S. military bases, according to data from the Pentagon and David Vine, an anthropologist and expert on the U.S. military at American University.
Think all 170,00 troops have returned back home to the States?
This article was originally published by WLT Report. We only curate news from sources that align with the core values of our intended conservative audience. If you like the news you read here we encourage you to utilize the original sources for even more great news and opinions you can trust!
Comments