{"id":8489,"date":"2026-07-03T21:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:12:47","slug":"30-minutes-ago-in-ohio-jd-vance-was-confirmed-assee-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/?p=8489","title":{"rendered":"30 Minutes ago in Ohio., JD Vance was confirmed as\u2026See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom reacted strongly to comments by <strong>JD Vance<\/strong>, with veterans, military leaders, and politicians criticizing what they viewed as dismissive remarks about Britain&#8217;s military service. They pointed to the <strong>636 British troops<\/strong> killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, stressing the long history of fighting alongside U.S. forces.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans <strong>Johnny Mercer<\/strong> and <strong>Andy McNab<\/strong>, along with former military leaders including <strong>Lord West<\/strong> and <strong>General Sir Patrick Sanders<\/strong>, defended the sacrifices of British service members and emphasized the enduring partnership between the UK and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Political figures also voiced concern. Shadow Defense Secretary <strong>James Cartlidge<\/strong> called the comments \u201cdeeply disrespectful,\u201d while former Foreign Secretary <strong>James Cleverly<\/strong> urged greater recognition of the UK\u2019s military contributions. Prime Minister <strong>Keir Starmer<\/strong> reaffirmed Britain&#8217;s pride in its armed forces and highlighted the importance of honoring the shared sacrifices and mutual respect that have long defined the alliance between the two nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom reacted strongly to comments by JD Vance, with veterans, military leaders, and politicians criticizing what they viewed as dismissive remarks about Britain&#8217;s military service. They pointed to the 636 British troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, stressing the long history of fighting alongside U.S. forces. Veterans Johnny Mercer and Andy McNab, along &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8490,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions\/8490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}