Social Tom Cotton, stolen valor, claimed to be a Ranger

[44nutman]

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tom-cotton-army-ranger-school-1118418/
I dont understand why dudes do this shit. You always get found out.
He was supposed to get play for a 2024, Presidential run. Stuff like this would bury a GOP candidate but after Trump who knows. Cotton may have locked up the LARPER vote.

 

[Limbo Pete]

Hmmm
I know a Ranger that aint gonna be happy with this lol

 

[Swing]

Somebody should've held on to this until Cotton repeated the lie in public and then called him out with, "Now, just you wait a Cotton pickin' minute ..."

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

He’s a blatant liar so he’s absolutely perfect for the Republican Party. They probably like him better now

 

[My Spot]

Oh boy. This has been debated for years and years on other forums. Ranger School grads (of which Cotton is) calling themselves a Ranger instead of Ranger qualified may or may not be correct depending on who you ask. @Mike Hagger

@San Marino too. You were never a Ranger according to the TS.

 

[ocfightfan]

"According to an investigation by Salon..." LOL.

 

[White Whale]

Do you have an unbiased source or article?

 

[My Spot]

@44nutman It really depends on who you ask. The Army even refers to the females who graduated Ranger School recently as Rangers even though they never went through RIP/RASP and served in the 75th Ranger Regiment.

 

[Confucamus]

The very first sentence of that article tells you exactly where that author is coming from. I'll be skeptical until audiovideo surfaces where Cotton makes claims tantamount to stolen valor. That's a serious charge, as it should be, and anybody guilty of that should not hold office anywhere. It's a horrible disservice to the men and women of the armed forces. But yeah, that article sucks balls.

 

[My Spot]

Do you have an unbiased source or article?

His link makes it sound like Ranger School is like summer camp when it reality it has a similar graduation rate as RASP 1.

 

[My Spot]

The very first sentence of that article tells you exactly where that author is coming from. I'll be skeptical until audiovideo surfaces where Cotton makes claims tantamount to stolen valor. That's a serious charge, as it should be, and anybody guilty of that should not hold office anywhere. It's a horrible disservice to the men and women of the armed forces. But yeah, that article sucks balls.

Cotton made it through Ranger School. He also served in both Afghan and Iraq as an infantry officer. This is nothing close to stolen valor at all. The same people who debate this are the same ones who still think Jesse Ventura wasn't a SeAL.
Unfortunte that the TS once again fell for it.

 

[Confucamus]

Cotton made it through Ranger School. He also served in both Afghan and Iraq as an infantry officer. This is nothing close to stolen valor at all.

Interesting. Seems crazy that somebody would write an article with a serious charge like stolen valor, when it is easily disprovable. But, if you read the article, it doesn't appear the author is very stable as it is.

 

[My Spot]

Interesting. Seems crazy that somebody would write an article with a serious charge like stolen valor, when it is easily disprovable. But, if you read the article, it doesn't appear the author is very stable as it is.

It really all depends on who you ask. I wish @Mike Hagger was on right now. Of course most who served in the 75th would say he's not but they have an obvious bias.
Cotton also has a CIB from his time overseas. The blue cord and crossed rifles mean infantry.

 

[ElKarlo]

Waiting a legit source that’s citing real videos or written sources by cotton. Will withhold opinion until then

 

[My Spot]

Oof, the Salon writer thinks Ranger School is in Ft Eustis.

And of course the TS logged off. <Lmaoo>

 

[BisexualMMA]

 

[My Spot]

Stick a fork in this one, boys.

 

[Fluffernutter]

Has senator Blumenthal chimed in yet?

 

[My Spot]

Has senator Blumenthal chimed in yet?

An actual case of stolen valor, unlike this.

 

[Poon Goon]

Of course most who served in the 75th would say he's not but they have an obvious bias.

Can there be a middle ground like "borrowed valor"?