Joe Biden, the Iraq War, and Stolen Valor

 

Joe Biden, the Iraq War, and Stolen Valor

Anonymous Iraq Veteran

In 2011 – nine (9) years ago -- the Iraq government awarded the first Iraq Commitment Medal to then-Vice President Joe Biden.

 

It was a symbolic gesture as Baghdad intended that the medal would be awarded to all thousands and thousands of Americans who served honorably in Iraq.

 

So what did Joe Biden do?

 

Did he give the medal to an unknown family of one of us who served in Iraq and gave the last full measure of devotion to the United States of America? No!

 

Did he give the medal to one of us served, shed their blood, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal? No!

 

And when he got home nine years ago, did he push for the medal he kept to be issued to the thousands and thousands of veterans of the Iraq War? No!

 

Instead, Joe Biden kept it for himself and forgot about everyone else. 

In the Marine Corps we stick to the motto “Semper Fidelis” even if it means marching into the halls of Hell for our fellow Marines and have a nasty slang term for Joe Biden's kind of selfish behavior: 

Semper Me! It means looking our for Number 1 and for everyone else: So sad—too bad! 

 

Joe Biden just kept the medal for himself…the absolute epitome of stolen valor!