“The VFW expects an apology from the president to our servicemen and women for his misguided remarks. And, we ask that he and the White House join with us in our efforts to educate Americans of the dangers TBI has,” read the statement by Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander William “Doc” Schmitz.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, an American organization advocating for military veterans, has called on President Donald Trump to apologize for downplaying brain injuries that were inflicted on the country’s soldiers during Iran’s retaliatory strikes at a US base in Iraq.
“TBI is a serious injury and one that cannot be taken lightly. TBI is known to cause depression, memory loss, severe headaches, dizziness and fatigue — all injuries that come with both short- and long-term effects,” VFW said in a statement.
Over 30 US service members have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI) after Iran attacked the Ain al-Assad airbase in response to the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani.
The Pentagon made the announcement on Friday over three weeks after the January 8 attack.
Nine service members are reportedly being treated in Germany while some have already been sent home for additional treatment.
Tensions have been rising between the US president and former commanders as well as active duty senior officers in the wake of General Soleimani’s assassination following his order.
Sources
Press TV is a 24-hour English language news and documentary network, affiliated with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
IRIB is state-owned but independent of the Iranian government in its management and is the only legal TV and radio broadcaster inside Iran. IRIB’s head is appointed directly by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and is considered to be close to the country’s conservative political faction. Press TV is headquartered in Tehran with offices and bureaus around the world; including London, Beirut, Damascus, Kabul, and the Gaza Strip.
*All posts on behalf of PressTV are made by Jim W. Dean
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maybe this isn’t the place for it, but I wonder why the u.s. gov’t, controlled by an illegal int’l banking cartel, ordered the u.s. military to take this guy in Iran out?
I would think that the guy must have had intentions of doing good things for good people.
A bit like M. Khadafi.
Nothing the bankers hate more than do-gooders defending all of humanity against the psychopaths that seem to always get the last word in our society full of proudly ignorant doofuses for the most part only seeking to pull the sheets on to themselves and never wondering why the sheets are always too damn small.
A Brain ( Which Donald Trump Doesn’t Have ) is the most complex part of the Body in Which there are Barely ANY Repairs and The Brain is Still very much undiscovered and Not completely understood even by the Modern Sciences ………. I rest My Case with these hard facts ……….
Lets not mention the USS Liberty, the most decorated ship in the US Navy, McCains father covering up israels crime, really is true, zionists do run the us Govt, shish.
Everywhere I look, Trump is losing support, 18-29 year olds, women, and now veterans and active duty personnel. If he’s still in office by November, I think he gets beat, as long as there’s no acrimony from the democrat primary selection. The country is just tired of Trump and his buffoonery; it’s palpable.
Not good. This is why they call that stuff ‘dope’.
No kidding,folks. Every person I knew from my childhood forward is either dead from a powder related cause or had their lives ruined by cocaine or heroin. Stay away from that stuff, and whack your kids’ knuckles with a ruler if they are caught with it. Also, study what a lobotomy does to its victims. Intellect is relatively maintained but a psychopathic passivity becomes manifest. From wild nasty biting Rhesus monkeys to psychopath murderers in prison. ALL become extremely passive. Like Muslim Obama bombing 7 Muslim nations to President Trump totally giving himself to the Khazarian mafia and Bebe Netanyahu. For an interesting conversation at college beer parties I attended, I found that an informative lively discussion of lobotomies based on extensive research at the University of Washington Med School Library and the Science Stacks kept me in with the groups,and more. They could EASILY have done a lobotomy on President Trump when he was a rowdy young lush. A face full of chloroform and a quick slice and there he is waking up in obedient robot form, but lucid.
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