U.S. Vice President JD Vance addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Vice President J.D. Vance has caused a new international incident by lobbing insults at the United States' top ally.
The Murdoch-owned U.K. tabloid The Sun reports that Britons of all political stripes are denouncing Vance after he described their nation as "some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years" during an appearance on Fox News Monday night.
Of course, British troops fought side by side with American soldiers in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and The Sun notes that 636 U.K. soldiers died fighting in both wars.
The tabloid then quotes furious Brits reacting to Vance's statement.
"Vance needs to wind his neck in," said former Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer. “Show a bit of respect and stop making yourself look so unpleasant.”
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Shadow Defense Secretary James Cartlidge, meanwhile, accused Vance of being "deeply disrespectful for ignoring such service and sacrifice" of U.K. troops.
Ex-Armed Forces Minister and veteran James Heappey reflected on his own military service and said that "serving with America and France were defining moments of my military career" and then added that it was "sad to hear the relationship reduced to this."
Veteran and Liberal Democrat MP Helen Maguire also delivered a scathing denunciation of Vance's remarks.
"I saw firsthand how American and British soldiers fought bravely together shoulder to shoulder," she said. "Six of my own regiment, the Royal Military Police, didn’t return home from Iraq. This is a sinister attempt to deny that reality."
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