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‘He’s lied about everything’: Iran war puts Trump on shaky ground with young MAGA men (www.politico.com)

submitted 7 months ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Joseph Bolick feels betrayed by President Donald Trump. And it’s because of the war in Iran.

The 30-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran voted for Trump in 2024. But at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference gathering this week he sported a hat emblazoned with “America First” — a slogan Trump championed during his campaign, along with the promise not to start new wars in foreign countries.

“He’s lied about everything,” said Bolick. “If you go into a war where there’s no end game, how is it going to end? There’s no clear objective.”

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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Iraq war ended in 2011. If you were born in 1996 (to be 30 today) you would be 18 in 2014, well after that war ended...

So either the article is 3+ years old, or calling the person 30 was rounding down.

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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

American troops pulled out of Iraq this year, so I imagine anyone stationed there who was involved with the post war (i.e. ISIS) are considered 'Iraq' vets.

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

I guess there would be a distinction between serving in Iraq and be an "Iraq war vet" which has more specific requirements.

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