JD Vance calls UK 'some random country that hasn't fought war in 30 years'

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: The Mirror

JD Vance slammed the UK as "some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years" while disapproving of plans to send 20,000 British and French troops to Ukraine as a peacekeeping force.

The US Vice President said the only way to secure lasting peace in the region is to grant the US an "economic upside in the future of Ukraine". He said: "If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine. That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years."

He also said: "The only guy in town with a strategy is the President of the United States, and everybody needs to follow his lead." The UK Government said on Tuesday it remains "absolutely committed" to securing peace in Ukraine and is "engaging with key allies" after Trump paused US military aid to the country.

Despite Vance's comment, the UK has been involved in several military interventions around the world since 1980, and some of the most brutal have been with the US. Hundreds of British service personnel were killed when the UK helped the US with fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan during the early 2000s. After Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the UK played a supporting role to the US in a fierce bombing campaign against Iraq the following year. This Anglo-American airstrike campaign continued for a decade after the Gulf War, lasting until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Read more: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/jd-vance-calls-uk-some-34790099

[58Sunliner]

1. Gaslighting mofo...

[Diamond_Dog]

2. For a former Marine, he certainly is ignorant of military history

Bu then, he’s ignorant of just about everything.

[Mysterian]

13. A REMF Marine

Never missed hot chow.

[Geechie]

32. Thank you!

Just added another useful term to my vocabulary.

[EarnestPutz]

59. "Rear-Echelon Motherfucker" - I had to look it up, but it was no surprise.

[GoneOffShore]

51. Private Classified Ads.

[Emrys]

55. That "former marine" was safely holed up in a bunker for all of six months tapping out propaganda about the Iraq War

and boasted in Hillbilly Elegy, "I was lucky to escape any real fighting", while hundreds of UK troops alone were killed in action in pursuit of the US's military aims, so he can go fuck himself, the jumped-up dandy balloon.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

62. The little Corporal.

[roscoeroscoe]

3. What a douche

Of course Britian (Like Canada!) has been side by side with the U.S. over and over. I was at the APOD in Kuwait a few years ago, listening to a British bagpiper playing every evening... and bought their fridge when they shipped out. Vance is such a Trump poodle.

[SheltieLover]

4. Desperate after his & slobby's FAILURE to deliver for pootin

Best stay away from windows, beardo.

[Tanuki]

5. Everyone but Vance knows that Prince Harry served in a combat unit

in Afghanistan.

[Ocelot II]

6. Vance is such a snotty little dickhead.

I wonder if he got pantsed and shoved in his locker a lot when he was in middle school, because he's exactly the sort of spiteful, supercilious douche that takes out his humiliation on the rest of the world if he ever gets any power.

[Diamond_Dog]

15. That sounds very accurate, I'll bet you're right.

[Bluethroughu]

7. Who's Vance, a shifty cheap traitor.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

8. He is already backpedaling

The line was for low information Fox viewers and he didn’t expect it to reach the wider world… mostly because he is extremely stupid.

[sop]

9. Couchf'ker Vance, Mafia Don's consiglieri and mouthpiece, is just explaining how a mob protection racket works:

"If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine."

That's exactly how Trump's Russian mobster friends threaten a business owner: "If you want real security (you don't want your restaurant to burn down and your whole family murdered) just hand over 50% of the profits....we can be partners."

[Marcuse]

18. Even Tony Soprano wouldn't take 50%.

[Paladin]

10. Vance is a bigger piece of shit, every day.

Remarkably antagonistic, remarkably ignorant. Can't wait for his career to suffer the same fate as practically all the others who associate with trump---can't happen soon enough to suit me. Hey JD: Check out how things are going for Mike Pence and Rudi Giuliani, these days...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Again with the Diplomacy by Slander. They are amateur but they think they are geniuses. They are Pakleds. . . . nt

[Efilroft Sul]

12. Vance is Sofa King arrogant and stupid.

[AmericaUnderSiege]

14. All this noise for the sake of Moscow.

Trying to sow petty dissension among the Western family. Listen good, Russia: We're coming for that ass the very moment the clouds part. One momentary slip-up and you're Carthage.

[oasis]

16. Quisling of the Year Award goes to Shady J.D.

[Hope22]

17. I grieve every day..

that this imbecile was transplanted back to Ohio and gifted a Senate campaign. If he had two brain cells to rub together it would be a surprise to all. He is a disgrace to Ohio, the country and the planet! Looks like he is really getting fired up that the people are dogging him. I hope he gets the message soon!

[Prairie Gates]

19. British troops stood shoulder to shoulder with us in Afghanistan

Canadian and British troops led a number of operations in Afghanistan, including taking the lead in many areas of Helmand Province.

The British lost nearly 500 killed in Afghanistan.

[hadEnuf]

20. As if anyone cares what that mascara wearing freak has to say.

He's Trump's bitch. That's GOP masculinity for you.

[bluestarone]

21. This fucker better stay away from European countries

For the rest of his life.

[BattleRow]

22. Vance would benefit from googling both the Manning memo

and the Chilcot report.
Both refer to the special relationship between GWBush and Tony Blair...and the decision months in advance to invade Iraq that the two agreed upon,although denied publicly by Blair.

If past is prologue....

[AllaN01Bear]

23. knb.snork

[wolfie001]

28. Stands for k, no, bye?

or this:

[róisín_dubh]

24. Hey Vance, you can fuck right off...

you absolute salad.

-Signed a US resident of the UK

[wolfie001]

25. Maybelline Vance didn't fight sh7t

He was a military media guy (clown). F6ck him AND his service. POS

[twodogsbarking]

26. Why must everything be about military?

Oh yeah, USA.

[Docreed2003]

27. So tired of this little entitled prick and his faux bravado

He's a walking insult to the uniform he wore and the office he serves. Guess all those British troops I interacted with in Afghanistan were a figment of my imagination.

[dobleremolque]

29. Have you said 'Thank You' to the UK, Vance? Have you? n/t

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Couchhumper sounds like fElon Muscovite.

Rhetorical Objective: Putin wins when USA is split from UK and NATO.

[C_U_L8R]

31. He's as dumb as Trump, minus the 'charisma'

But he does fuck couches, so maybe he's just as messed up.

[Bev54]

36. I have never understood this Trump "Charisma"?????

What is it and where is it? I have never seen it, all I see is an absolute moron who thinks he is a genius.

[C_U_L8R]

46. Essentially, he just doesn't shut up.

he's the energizer bunny of bullshit.

[Omnipresent]

33. I remember the jokes about VP Dan Quayle saying stupid things all the time, but Vance takes the cake!

Wether they fought in a war or not, they are trained soldiers that continually train as professional soldiers.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. Juvenile hasn't achieved the mental age of 16

UK is justifiably and remarkably proud of its armed forces. Empire, the British Navy, WWI, WWII, peacekeepers. When have they not performed at a very high level?

Is that the criteria for greatness? Being in a war in the last 30 years? Is that a subject of intention for us, going forward?

[highplainsdem]

35. Vance is Sycophant in Chief. Everyone "needs to follow" Trump's lead?

[LuvLoogie]

37. Punk ass Hillbilly Vanilli

fuck the whole trumpapalooza

[Dave Bowman]

38. The US hasn't won a war since 1945, Shady.

[mdbl]

39. Magat voters are morons and they voted for morons

and dangerously stupid morons at that.

[Dulcinea]

40. "disapproving of plans to send 20,000 British and French troops to Ukraine as a peacekeeping force"

No one cares what you think, Beardo Wanker.

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

41. Goddamnit!

You should read about the Battle of Britain weird J. D., their backs were against the wall and they defeated Germany's vaunted air force with less soldiers and planes.

This comment by weird J. D. Vance makes my blood boil.

Great Britain has been our friends since shortly after the revolutionary war. They are a great people and great society who have fought fascists like Dipshit Donald for centuries.

How dare you!

[Marcuse]

42. This may be on the agenda if the UK visit isn't cancelled.

[republianmushroom]

43. The ignorance and arrogance of our present administration.

The only thing they really seem to know is Putin's ass.

[patphil]

44. Not having fought a war in 30 years is a good thing.

Outside VP Vance's office there should be one of those signs that they have at companies to announce how long it's been since their last accident.
For Vance it could read:

It's been ______ hours since I've said something stupid.

You can't use days because the sign would always read "0".

[Attilatheblond]

45. Does England have a no-fly list? How about a don't get to land here list?

Vance, Trump, and lil Marco should be on some lists.

[Evolve Dammit]

47. These dudes are pure evil. Reprehensible and definitely not American. And way beyond "weird." n/t

[Phoenix61]

48. Pissed off their strong arming Zelensky isn't going

the way they thought it would. The biggest difference between tdump and the hilly billy and a mob boss is you could trust the mob boss to protect you. Yeah, it’d cost you but he’d have your back.

[orangecrush]

49. Shut up, fuckface

[keep_left]

50. WTF?! Our leaders are now firing off 4chan insults?

Witness for yourself the discourse of the Trump regime...just like the basement-dwelling incels of 4chan/8chan/8kun/whatever-the-hell-they-call-it-now.

[OKIsItJustMe]

52. Ladies and Gentlemen

I give you our next ambassador!

[Delphinus]

53. And

didn't his overlord, the orange menace, just say they were the best of friends?

[no_hypocrisy]

54. King Charles, will you still receive TSF?

BTW, I believe the UK sent their military to Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Basso8vb]

56. They also don't fuck couches.

[Doodley]

57. Insult any nation that doesn't align with the Putin/Trump axis of assholes.

[Martin Eden]

58. Kinda like the fate of Poland when Hitler and Stalin signed their 1939 Non-Agression Pact

Except Hitler & Stalin were mortal enemies, whereas Trump is a Russian asset.

[LudwigPastorius]

60. "What's in it for me!?"

Mini-Trump has learned well at the teat of his master.

The world is on notice. The United States is now running a global protection racket.

[OKIsItJustMe]

61. Trump denies report that he called service members "losers" and "suckers"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-military-service-members-losers-suckers-report/

…

President Trump emphatically denied a new report that said he had called Americans who died at war "losers" and "suckers."

"I would be willing to swear on anything that I never said that about our fallen heroes. There is nobody that respects them more. So, I just think it's a horrible, horrible thing," he told reporters, as he returned from a airport rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Thursday night.

Earlier in the evening, he tweeted, "I never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES. This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election!"

The article, published Thursday and reported by The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, cites four anonymous sources with firsthand knowledge of Mr. Trump's comments. It says the president canceled his visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018 in part because he believed the Marines who died in the battle of Belleau Wood during World War I were "suckers." According to the report, Mr. Trump said, "Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers."

…

[Hugin]

68. Play it on endless loops.

Or are we too dignified and respectful of the office?

[JoseBalow]

63. Our drones can kick your drones' ass

[riversedge]

64. Seems when Vice Pres Vance opens his trap, he just shows the world his stupidity!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

65. Vance is an asshole

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

66. They were with us in Iraq and Afghanistan JD Shitforbrains

[Godot51]

67. The American Revolution

may have been the last "war" England lost, as opposed to fought. The British took our side in Afghanistan, Iraq 1, and Iraq 2.

The Revolutionary War was a "bush fire" war amidst a long series of wars with France. A sideshow for the British, a "Vietnam" as it were. The wars with France ended in a British victory that eventually helped to ignite the French Revolution.

The war of 1812 was predominantly a loss, or at best a draw, for the U.S., since the infamous Battle of New Orleans was fought after it actually ended, and the British/Canadians captured and burned the American capitol. Negotiations had been set up and the Treaty of Ghent was sign re-establishing the pre-war borders.

Another "bushfire" war as it were, a minor part of the Napolianic Wars which, again, England won in the end.

Since WWII the U.S. has fought to a draw in Korea, withdrawn and lost in Vietnam, withdrawn and lost in Afghanistan, and withdrawn and lost in Iraq.

0-3-1 is not a very impressive record.

The continuing long war verses the Soviet Union/Russia (1946 ~ 2025) is still ongoing but, current events, are pointing to a major loss.

"vance", despite being an "Ivy League Hillbilly" is surprisingly ignorant of all histories. Or, perhaps, unsurprisingly, in today's conservative circle of intelligence.

[BurnDoubt]

69. The Sun Never Sets On His Ego.

If he looks between the cushions of his mom's couch, he might find his long-lost History textbook. And might, thus, learn a cautionary tale about the Rise and Fall of Empires... and the men who ride them down.
Apologies, UK. He's just another random dickhead with a mouth who wrote stuff while others left it on the battlefield. And then sold it as military service, which it was... in the same sense that other (he was, you know) government employees serve our country.
More performative drivel and another hit-job for Krasnov and The Kremlin.
Audie Murphy never bent a knee except to shoot a NAZI. Who would you rather follow over the hill?

[BurnDoubt]

70. Sorry...

I forgot to give him credit where due: he plays Dotus' annoying yappy ankle-biter with alacrity. Well done there. Who's a good boy?????

[Karasu]

71. Only a fascist would think not fighting in any wars in 30 years is a bad thing.

[Wednesdays]

72. I imagine if Vance were in Fort McHenry in August 1814

He might have a different take on the Brits and warfare. And he'd raise the white flag after crapping his pants.

[Aussie105]

73. He underestimates the resolve of Europe

to constrain and limit the territory hungry ambitions of Russia.

If Ukraine gets gobbled up, which country will be next?

Better for Europe to push back now, rather than later.

But Vance is not a student of history, he is totally sunk into a deep derogatory and delusional monolog.