Is this my most clickbaity headline in a long time? Probably. Am I about to deliver on every promise it makes? Absolutely.
The setup happened during the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and the topic centered on the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. When pressed on the matter, Harris tried to pivot by claiming that there is not a single American service member currently serving in a combat zone.
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HARRIS: 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 for the first time this century.
That’s a bold proclamation, but is it true? That’s where this epic fact-check comes in, and be sure to watch the video so you can see the twist at the end. Be warned that while hilarious, there is some salty language used:
This is the greatest fact-check to ever exist. It will never get better than this. Savor it. pic.twitter.com/V6U6q4EF8t
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) September 14, 2024
When I first hit play, I was expecting some typical TikTok political video with a person on a coach saying some funny one-liner. What I wasn’t expecting was for the camera to pan and show multiple U.S. servicemembers, currently serving in a combat zone, ripping Harris for her misleading statement:
These 3 guys expressions was the most funniest 😂 pic.twitter.com/YS80MZAtcy
— Top Rank Capital (@toprankcapital) September 14, 2024
Where these troops are deployed is not something we can know (or should know), but somewhere in Iraq or Syria is a decent enough guess. So, do those places qualify as combat zones? When I posted the video, I had a few people snipe in the replies that because America isn’t in an active, large-scale war, Harris wasn’t lying. That’s not how combat zones are defined, though, and the United States government still recognizes much of the Middle East as an active combat zone.
To pretend otherwise is to play a ridiculous, insulting game of semantics that should be ruthlessly mocked into oblivion. American service members are still serving in combat zones where they are being injured and killed by rocket attacks and during active operations. Those people didn’t cease to exist because Harris needed a talking point on Tuesday night. Of course, the moderators of the debate once again failed to do a “live fact-check” of her statement, something they continually did to Trump.
Harris’ falsehood is part of a larger pattern perpetrated by the Biden administration. You may recall that during the debate between Trump and Joe Biden, the latter claimed not a single service member had been killed during his tenure. That was a blatant lie that ignored the 13 killed at Abbey Gate during the Afghanistan withdrawal, as well as others.
Harris doesn’t care about military members. That’s made clear by her choosing to cast them aside for political gain. For her, they are just obstacles on her way to the White House. It’s exactly what you’d expect from a Democrat.
