Rather than respond in the circle jerk happening on @mortgagehorn thread about Walz's comments about his speech at the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I figured I would start a new thread here.
Yes...he never served in Afghanistan or Iraq...but he did visit Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan as a congressman in 2008...which is the experience he's speaking about.
Here are some articles...from 2008...about his trip to Afghanistan.
www.startribune.com
Another great example of how a simple google search can clear up misinformation by the right...but they really don't want to know the truth...so they don't do that.
Yes...he never served in Afghanistan or Iraq...but he did visit Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan as a congressman in 2008...which is the experience he's speaking about.
Here are some articles...from 2008...about his trip to Afghanistan.
Walz takes sobering trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan
www.startribune.com
Congressman Walz Returns From Overseas Trip Investigating Military Healthcare
January 16, 2008 – Congressman Tim Walz returned yesterday from a nine-day Congressional delegation trip to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Germany during which he investigated the continuum …
veteransforcommonsense.org
Another great example of how a simple google search can clear up misinformation by the right...but they really don't want to know the truth...so they don't do that.
