{"id":1211,"date":"2026-07-18T23:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:34:22","slug":"jd-vance-with-tears-in-their-eyes-make-the-sad-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance with tears in their eyes make the sad announcement\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhE38hAU2am2VG23LZ8EbDYv0vWsChPrxY7RfmNpD5NboiOJ7hJcihefvi8XYyHXnR2ncMAj8KyophItJycTXOFB9keZ7mjOscB8rAsIyG3QyzvD1gECmNSDRkYvS4qNl-g3_a5ZURFy6-1QVMyhBabOoojRmE2PD3e-BL0SFqqZVWp_MwQm0sBmP30Zo8\/s16000\/676757964_122257433864172939_5420891449436168002_n.jpg\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"676\" data-original-width=\"526\" \/><\/em><\/div>\n<p><em><br \/>\nThe United Kingdom\u2019s military establishment and political leaders pushed back sharply against remarks made by Vice President JD Vance regarding allied military contributions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>British veterans, active-duty personnel, and government officials expressed concern over Vance\u2019s statements, citing the 636 British service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan operations. The quick response underscored tensions between Washington and London over how military partnerships are discussed publicly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"HTML01\" class=\"widget HTML\" data-version=\"2\">\n<div class=\"widget-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Veterans and Military Leaders React<\/h2>\n<p>Prominent British veterans including Johnny Mercer and Andy McNab criticized Vance\u2019s comments as disrespectful to allied forces. Retired military brass like Lord West and General Sir Patrick Sanders emphasized the long history of shared sacrifice between British and American troops.<\/p>\n<h2>Political Figures Weigh In<\/h2>\n<p>Shadow Defense Secretary James Cartlidge described Vance\u2019s statements as \u201cdeeply disrespectful\u201d to Britain\u2019s military role alongside the United States. Former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and other Members of Parliament called for recognition of the common history and joint losses between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed the country\u2019s pride in its armed forces and stressed the importance of mutual respect among close allies. \u201cWe value the special relationship with America,\u201d Starmer said, emphasizing the need for diplomatic care.<\/p>\n<div id=\"HTML02\" class=\"widget HTML\" data-version=\"2\">\n<div class=\"widget-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Vance\u2019s Response<\/h2>\n<p>Facing mounting criticism, Vance clarified that his remarks targeted nations without recent combat experience, not the United Kingdom or France specifically. The episode has sparked broader debate about the necessity of careful diplomatic language when discussing military contributions of longstanding partners.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story has been updated. CNN\u2019s International Desk contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom\u2019s military establishment and political leaders pushed back sharply against remarks made by Vice President JD Vance regarding allied military contributions. &nbsp; British veterans, active-duty personnel, and government &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[2,21,20],"class_list":["post-1211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-trending","tag-breaking-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-donaldtrump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1212,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions\/1212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}