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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question is, WHY was this being done NOW???

The Afghan withdrawal was in 2021.  3 years ago.  THREE YEARS AGO.

There is one and only one reason why it was done NOW and that's because it was to try and boost Trump and to trash the Biden admin (and by extension Harris) BECAUSE IT'S ELECTION SEASON.

This was NOT an "official ceremony" and Biden wasn't informed, involved or anything.

All lies.  A political stunt.  And they abused one of our nation's most hallowed memorials to do it.  [/quote]

You are wrong.

It’s the 3rd anniversary of Abbey Gate.

That’s why it’s been 3 years- it’s the 3rd anniversary of the death of their children.[/quote]

If so, did they also do this on the 1st and 2nd anniversary?  I don't recall Trump going to Arlington for those.  Because THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN.  And, the same rules were in place in 2023 and 2022 had they gone for the 1st and 2nd anniversary, so they should have known the rules by now.

3 years was arbitrary.  It was an election stunt meant to help Trump.   But one that failed.[/quote]

Why would it help Trump?[/quote]

Going to give the question the benefit of the doubt that it is in good faith.

The plan of the Trump campaign was to show Trump with the Abbey Gate families, laying wreath, and claiming that Harris and Biden did not show up to the ceremony. Showing that Harris is callous and uncaring of the military.

Except of course, there was no ceremony, Harris and Biden were not invited but Trump was, and then they made a has of it by being disrespectful to the fallen buried near the graves, and breaking federal law by using the footage from it on their social media. [/quote]

Citation?

You are claiming Trump planned the ceremony?

Where did you find that information?[/quote]

I don't think Trump is capable of planning anything, so no. Did the Trump campaign coordinate with some of the Abbey Gate families to use this event for political purposes? Absolutely.

"Some family members of those killed have blamed the attack on the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal, and have aligned with the Trump campaign — including by appearing at the Republican national convention in July. And when planning an Arlington cemetery event to mark the attack’s third anniversary, they invited Trump.

Since it is the height of the presidential campaign season, and since Trump has long criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, US defense officials were concerned that the event could become inappropriately or even illegally political, the Washington Post reports — that it was a campaign event in disguise.

So, officials laid down some restrictions. One was that Trump wasn’t supposed to bring his campaign staff. Another was that, after an initial ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier that was open to the press, Trump’s visits to individual veterans’ graves, in a section of the cemetery reserved primarily for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, would be private.

But Trump brought campaign aides anyway. And two of those aides — a campaign photographer and a videographer — tried to go with Trump to the individual graves. An Arlington cemetery staff member tried to stop the aides, but, per the Post, “a larger male campaign aide insisted the camera was allowed and pushed past the cemetery employee, leaving her shocked.” According to NPR, Trump campaign staff also “verbally abused” the official.

[b]After the ceremony, the Trump campaign organized a press call in which several family members of the servicemembers killed at Kabul praised Trump and criticized Biden and Harris.[/b]"

https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/369711/trump-arlington-cemetery-controversy-army

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