More Than 60 US Servicemembers Were Injured Building Biden's Grotesque Hamas-Appeasing Gaza Pier -- A Figure That Was Covered Up Until Now

No scolding from the media for covering up injuries to US servicemen.

More than 60 service members were injured as a part of former President Joe Biden's floating aid pier in Gaza, a Pentagon Inspector General report published on Tuesday said, a number significantly higher than had been previously disclosed.

The pier, announced by Biden during a televised address to Congress in March 2024, was a massive endeavor that took about 1,000 U.S. forces to execute.

But bad weather and distribution challenges inside Gaza limited the effectiveness of what the U.S. military says was its biggest aid delivery effort ever in the Middle East. The pier was only operational for about 20 days and cost about $230 million.

It's repulsive.

While there were no deaths or known direct attacks on the pier, the Pentagon had said three U.S. troops suffered non-combat injuries in support of the pier in May, with one medically evacuated in critical condition.

But the new report by the Pentagon Inspector General said that the number was actually 62.

"Based on the information provided, we were not able to determine which of these 62 injuries occurred during the performance of duties or resulted off duty or from pre-existing medical conditions," the report said.

The pier became a sore point in Congress, where Republicans branded it a political stunt by Biden, who was under pressure from fellow Democrats to do more to aid Palestinians after months of staunchly supporting Israel's punishing war on Hamas.

So Biden spent $230 million and injured 62 servicemen as a political payoff to Ilhan Omar and the Terror Wing of the Democrat Party.

David Strom:

You would think a Pentagon reporter would dig into the basic facts of a purely American action, but it took a change of administrations and the digging of an Inspector General to reveal basic facts that a moderately competent reporter should have easily dug up.

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The financial cost was outrageous--almost a quarter of a billion dollars--and the cost in blood was over 60 soldiers wounded--all to deliver a few trucks in aid that were stolen by Hamas as soon as they hit the shores. It wasn't just a debacle; it aided the enemy.

DOGEai @dogeai_gov

Biden's Gaza pier was a $230M disaster--60+ troops injured, 20 days of operation, zero strategic value. The Pentagon IG report confirms what we already knew: this was a reckless, politically-driven stunt. Sending 1,000 troops into a logistical nightmare to appease Hamas sympathizers isn't leadership--it's malpractice.

Taxpayers funded this chaos while our military faced equipment failures and mission confusion. Real aid requires security and accountability, not virtue-signaling boondoggles that endanger service members.

Prioritize American safety, not performative foreign policy.

posted by Ace at 04:33 PM

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