Joe says: October 23, 2017 at 7:56 am Reply “Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson has ‘nothing to say’ to Trump after controversial condolence call” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/23/it-made-me-cry-gold-star-widow-myeshia-johnson-breaks-silence-on-trumps-condolence-call/ See also “The private life of Sgt. La David Johnson, the slain soldier ensnared in a Trump controversy” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/10/18/fallen-sgt-la-david-johnson-caught-in-trump-call-controversy-was-a-family-oriented-soldier/ and 3rd Special Forces Group-Airborne @ https://www.facebook.com/3rdSFG/?hc_ref=ARSTCdTHlHuiQ3hioRYJM_IAqDnAcP7FXYsEqnQNfA2xczedyR4phcV0M4DuLPYrLXo&fref=nf
Update says: October 24, 2017 at 9:44 am Reply “Trump Says He Is Only President in History with Courage to Stand Up to War Widows” https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-says-he-is-only-president-in-history-with-courage-to-stand-up-to-war-widows “Zebulon family speaks out after receiving $25,000 check from President Trump” http://abc11.com/politics/exclusive-zebulon-family-gets-$25k-check-from-trump/2559746/ “…it’s not known whether the president has made any similar offers to other Gold Star Families, including those of the four soldiers killed in Niger, or even the other soldiers who died in the ambush attack alongside Dillon Baldridge.”
Mike says: October 25, 2017 at 8:54 am Reply “Soldiers’ deaths in Niger trail a frightful back-story” http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/opinions/niger-chad-travel-ban-trump-andelman-opinion/index.html “Avoidable Mess: U.S. to Help Chad After “Important Partner” Withdraws Troops From Niger Following Visa Sanctions” https://diplopundit.net/2017/10/19/avoidable-mess-u-s-to-help-chad-after-important-partner-withdraws-troops-from-niger-following-visa-sanctions/ “How Trump adding Chad to his travel ban may have gotten soldiers killed in Niger” https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/maddow-connects-the-dots-on-how-trump-adding-chad-to-his-travel-ban-may-have-gotten-soldiers-killed-in-niger/ “Passport Paper Shortage Put Chad on U.S. Travel Ban List” http://time.com/4988882/travel-ban-chad-us-passport-paper/ “If any question why we died/ Tell them, because our fathers lied” Rudyard Kipling. “Epitaphs of the War” 1922. Verse: 1885-1918
“Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson has ‘nothing to say’ to Trump after controversial condolence call” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/23/it-made-me-cry-gold-star-widow-myeshia-johnson-breaks-silence-on-trumps-condolence-call/
See also “The private life of Sgt. La David Johnson, the slain soldier ensnared in a Trump controversy” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/10/18/fallen-sgt-la-david-johnson-caught-in-trump-call-controversy-was-a-family-oriented-soldier/ and 3rd Special Forces Group-Airborne @ https://www.facebook.com/3rdSFG/?hc_ref=ARSTCdTHlHuiQ3hioRYJM_IAqDnAcP7FXYsEqnQNfA2xczedyR4phcV0M4DuLPYrLXo&fref=nf
“Trump Says He Is Only President in History with Courage to Stand Up to War Widows” https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-says-he-is-only-president-in-history-with-courage-to-stand-up-to-war-widows
“Zebulon family speaks out after receiving $25,000 check from President Trump” http://abc11.com/politics/exclusive-zebulon-family-gets-$25k-check-from-trump/2559746/
“…it’s not known whether the president has made any similar offers to other Gold Star Families, including those of the four soldiers killed in Niger, or even the other soldiers who died in the ambush attack alongside Dillon Baldridge.”
“Soldiers’ deaths in Niger trail a frightful back-story” http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/opinions/niger-chad-travel-ban-trump-andelman-opinion/index.html
“Avoidable Mess: U.S. to Help Chad After “Important Partner” Withdraws Troops From Niger Following Visa Sanctions” https://diplopundit.net/2017/10/19/avoidable-mess-u-s-to-help-chad-after-important-partner-withdraws-troops-from-niger-following-visa-sanctions/
“How Trump adding Chad to his travel ban may have gotten soldiers killed in Niger” https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/maddow-connects-the-dots-on-how-trump-adding-chad-to-his-travel-ban-may-have-gotten-soldiers-killed-in-niger/
“Passport Paper Shortage Put Chad on U.S. Travel Ban List” http://time.com/4988882/travel-ban-chad-us-passport-paper/
“If any question why we died/ Tell them, because our fathers lied”
Rudyard Kipling. “Epitaphs of the War” 1922. Verse: 1885-1918