A US Army soldier who was injured earlier this year while working on the US-constructed temporary pier off Gaza has died due to his wounds, CNN reported on Monday.
Sgt. Quandarius Davon Stanley, 23, was one of three US soldiers injured while working on the pier in May. At the time, the Pentagon said two suffered very minor injuries while the other was hurt severely enough to be evacuated for medical care.
The Pentagon insisted the injuries were “non-combat” related but didn’t share any details about the incident. It’s unclear what kind of injury Stanley suffered, but he was medically retired from the Army since he could no longer perform his job.
The US Army told CNN that Stanley died on October 31. “Stanley was injured while supporting the mission that delivered humanitarian aid to Gaza in May 2024 and was receiving treatment in long-term care medical center,” an Army spokesman said.
The Gaza pier failed to bring any relief to the Palestinians and only operated for about 20 days. It was repeatedly knocked out by weather since it was unable to handle the conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
When President Biden ordered the construction of the pier during his State of the Union address back in March, aid groups dismissed it as a public relations stunt since it would have been far more efficient to send more aid trucks through land crossings. But Biden refused to pressure Israel to allow more aid into the Strip.
According to a report from the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Inspector General, Biden ordered the construction of the pier despite warnings from USAID that it would undermine efforts to pressure Israel to allow more aid into Gaza via land crossings. The report also said that the Pentagon was aware that operating the pier in the Eastern Mediterranean would be difficult since the sea conditions were often heavier than what it could handle.
The pier cost US taxpayers at least $230 million. At one point, it was broken apart by waves and had to be repaired for $22 million.
There are also witnesses who said the pier was used as a trojan horse with commandos (including Americans) dressed as aid workers who went on to slaughter a mass of people in a market. Not long after the pier was abandoned.
Since the military lies so much about facts on the ground, my reaction is not to believe them. Maybe he was injured in construction- type activity, maybe not. But sadly, his service was dedicated to protecting an apartheid and genocide.
I fully concur as I am sure many others will as well…
Times like this I'm so glad my (now retired) high school teacher wife got military recruiters chucked out of the school more than the 1 day/year they and any particular college had the right to. They were showing up every week, trying to hook more poor kids into being fodder for this sort of stunt.
Under a Trump Administration enacting protocols of Project 2025, any & all schools or educational institutions receiving ANY federal money, will be required to both allow unrestricted military recruiter access, AND administer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to ALL students.
On the plus side, Project 2025 will discharge all military personnel who have Gender Dysphoria and ban them from service. So, yay racism for exempting SOME people from military induction.
The US Army told CNN that Stanley died on October 31. “Stanley was injured while supporting the mission that delivered humanitarian aid to Gaza in May 2024 and was receiving treatment in long-term care medical center,” an Army spokesman said.
Left out an important fact. Like how he died because the US refused to demand that Israel allow aid in through the land corridors. There was no need for a floating pier. In other words, Stanley died for absolutely nothing.
On the contrary, the pier was a useful Trojan horse for DC's masters in Tel Aviv. Compared to the value of Israelis, American Soldiers are worth less than dirt to Washington.
One US soldier died ? Under IDF Revenge Protocol 66, that means up to 2,644 Palestinian civilians "have to" die in response.
What does the life of an American Soldier matter to DC so long as the pier served it's purpose as a Trojan horse so their masters in Tel Aviv could retrieve a few precious Israelis (and slaughter about a hundred Palestinians)?