US Vice President JD Vance has been accused of “insulting” the recollections of British troops who died in Iraq and Afghanistan combating along US soldiers.
Former British defence minister Lord Beamish criticised Mr Vance, who changed into pushing the concept of a deal to allow America advantage get right of entry to to Ukraine’s mineral wealth, after he belittled a deliberate peace-preserving pressure for the strugglefare-torn usa to be led through the United Kingdom and France.
“If you need actual protection guarantees, in case you need to sincerely make certain that Vladimir Putin does now no longer invade Ukraine again, the vey first-class protection assure is to offer Americans financial upside withinside the destiny of Ukraine,” Mr Vance informed Fox News.
“That is a manner higher protection assure than 20,000 troops from a few random usa that has now no longer fought a strugglefare in 30 or forty years.”But Kevan Jones, who changed into North Durham MP earlier than being improved to the Upper Chamber as Lord Beamish, condemned the remark.
He informed The Standard: “This form of communicate isn’t beneficial and can be insulting and really hurtful to the recollections of people who died and nevertheless go through nowadays from accidents from Iraq and Afghanistan and who fought along American forces.”
Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson Helen Maguire, a former Captain withinside the Royal Military Police who served in Iraq, said: “JD Vance is erasing from records the masses of British troops who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
She added: “I noticed firsthand how American and British squaddies fought bravely collectively shoulder to shoulder.“Six of my very own regiment, the Royal Military Police, didn’t go back domestic from Iraq. This is a sinister try and deny that reality.”
More than 450 British military employees died in Afghanistan over the two decades because the US-led invasion after the 2001 Sep 11 terror assaults on America.
