Joe Biden went to Dover Air Force Base earlier today, As we reported Receive the bodies of 13 soldiers killed in a suicide bombing attack at Kabul Airport.
Now, the event is not open to the media, but they do allow the broadcast of the “dignified transfer ceremony” video.
Video of a dignified handover ceremony at Dover Air Force Base for 13 American soldiers who gave their lives to this country and saved Americans and their Afghan allies and were killed in the terrorist attack on Kabul Airport on Thursday. All heroes🇨🇳🇨🇳pic.twitter.com/QV8WxiMOVy
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 29, 2021
Today, the base received 11 out of 13. The 13 people killed on Thursday were Marine Corps member Max Soviak, Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss, Marine Corps Hunter Lopez, Rylee McCollum, David Lee Espinoza, Kareem Nikoui, Jared Schmitz, Daegan Page, Darin Taylor Hoover, Humberto Sanchez, Johanny Rosariopichardo, Dylan Merola and Nicole Ji.You can see the memorial post we gave them here. Most of them are between 20-23 years old.
But during the ceremony, Joe Biden seemed to take a peek at his watch. You call. It must be so in my opinion. This is a terrible look.
This is real. Joe Biden checked his watch while dignifiedly transferring the soldiers killed in Afghanistan at the airport. You can see him violently pull the watch out of his sleeve with his left hand, then look down. pic.twitter.com/M3QVzJbTIm
-Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 29, 2021
Biden took a peek at his watch in Dover. pic.twitter.com/UlBgv4ZnWO
— Henry J. Killingsfield (@killingsfield) August 29, 2021
In my opinion, it was the extra small movement he made with his arm to ensure that the watch came out from under the jacket, which added weight and made me think he had done that movement in the past.
The only thing he needs to do is to stand there respectfully, and now he even questions this. Couldn’t he even be silent there for a while? I don’t know what he is thinking, if there is anything there, but these are not the lights that were emitted in such a gloomy and important ceremony.
Is he worried about his nap time or phone calls? Whatever it is, at that moment, as part of his job, there is nothing more important than showing proper respect to the dead of our soldiers.
Wow. I’m sorry, but this is totally wrong. (See 👇) I don’t care what your schedule is. These young men and women paid the ultimate price. It’s heartbreaking. https://t.co/AZX0aKUEZn
— Trish Regan (@trish_regan) August 29, 2021
Many of us remember Pres Bush 41 checking his watch during the debate and how bad it looked (even though we all had the same opinion about that debate.) But it was shocking and will be remembered. https://t.co/sFfW032JNm
-Governor Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) August 29, 2021
As we reported earlier, there are reports that some families do not want to meet him.
It is learned from reliable sources that some family members of the soldiers who died in Kabul do not want Biden to appear at the Dover Air Force Base for a dignified transfer.
-Julio Rosas (@ Julio_Rosas11) August 29, 2021
Some of them have vented this in the media, As we reported yesterday, To blame part of the death of their loved one on him, and let him own it. We have not received any news from them about interacting with Biden, but we may hear it. However, apart from the entire collapse he caused in Afghanistan, this action is not a good sign.
Mr. President, nothing is more important than paying tribute to the war heroes who died in the United States. https://t.co/OxrAfHG7Cq
-Nile Gardner (@NileGardiner) August 29, 2021
