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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSgt. LaDavid Johnson was reportedly bound and executed in Niger
https://www.washingtonpost.com"The body of La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed by Islamist militants last month, was found with his arms tied behind his back and had a large gaping wound in the back of his head, according to two villagers who saw his body. The new information raises questions about whether he was captured and killed after the attack, and it could help explain why it took two days to find Johnson's body."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/us-soldier-in-niger-ambush-was-bound-and-apparently-executed-villagers-say/2017/11/10/3aebba3e-c442-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html?utm_term=.8a1fef19607c
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)This illustrates what we all knew about Bengazhi: FAKE OUTRAGE for cheap political gains. God I hate Trey Gowdy!
So awful for the family. My thoughts are with them.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)I can't imagine what his widow must be feeling today.
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mdbl
(4,973 posts)that seems to be the MO.
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exboyfil
(17,863 posts)and the heat that the Clinton administration and Les Aspin took when a dead soldier was dragged through the street. There as well requests for additional resources were ignored.
I think this tragedy will have the potential to grow over time. Are only Democrats are held accountable for not anticipating the future?
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)that family I just feel sick. I despise these people with every fiber of my being.
I just feel so sorry for his widow and children. And for the poor man who gave his life for nothing.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)His widow will be forever affected by not being allowed to view his body to confirm it is indeed her husband.
She said she knows every inch of his body by heart.
So far, the fundraiser for scholarships for their children has raised $728,750. Their three kids are going to get a very fine education.
Here's the link:
https://www.gofundme.com/sgt-la-david-johnson-scholarship
K&R
Oh and btw...donald? General Kelly? FUCK YOU.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Not held as a hostage, but executed.
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one of our 'elite' soldiers was left in the field, alive. Being an AA fighting in Africa AGAINST Africans, I know he was horribly tortured before being killed. And the dipshit we have as potus and his chief of staff want to disparage and belittle his ultimate sacrifice and belittle and call a liar his widow. If this had been a white soldier left in the field there would still be such a clamor for answers from the media and those racists posing as legislators that we would see something about this case every day.....but Sgt Johnson was AA in this degraded, racist age of a dipshit called trump, so Sgt. Johnson's ultimate sacrifice for a country that could give a fuck less is for nothing, just for a little boy potus playing with his 'toy' soldiers. I really hate this POS called potus..... He's not my potus and I am not going to claim this country as mine since it saw fit to install a racist, pigshit as POTUS.
As of today...expatriate, in residence, in this thankless, hypocritical, bullshit country.
And by the way Agent Orange has finally had it's way with me....and I tried to get my medical problems recognized in the 80's...this country turned me down for help until recently.
THIS trump POS called potus is a very public symptom of a very sick country that NEVER came to grips with it's racism, sexism, hypocrisy.