Joe Biden made up the story that his uncle was shot down during World War II and then claimed the man was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea. It goes without saying that some people in New Guinea are not amused.
Shot and killed was Ambrose Finnegan, affectionately known as Uncle Bosie. Before there was an Air Force, Biden flew single-engine aircraft and conducted surveillance flights over New Guinea while serving in the Army Air Corps, he told reporters when he first made the claim.
“At the time, there were a lot of cannibals in the region where he was shot down.” Biden said, “They never found his corpse again. “However, the government returned during my visit, and during inspection, they discovered plane components and similar items.”
The far-left Associated Press, which attempted to protect Biden from this ridiculous and embarrassing act of insanity, claims that
“According to the Pentagon’s Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan passed away on May 14, 1944. According to the organization, Finnegan abandoned an Army Air Forces aircraft “for unclear reasons” in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of New Guinea when he was a passenger.”
There is no indication that one of the four crew members in that aircraft had to escape boats with vicious cannibals from New Guinea.
Accordingly, 1) Biden’s uncle was not the pilot; rather, he was a passenger; 2) an engine malfunction prevented him from being shot down; and 3) his body was lost at sea rather than being eaten by cannibals.
Several people in New Guinea were not amused when questioned about this:
“Analysts in Papua New Guinea who saw his remarks characterized the assertions as ill-founded and miscalculated, noting that they coincide with US efforts to fortify diplomatic relations with the nation and thwart Chinese dominance in the Pacific. Michael Kabuni, a political science instructor at the University of Papua New Guinea, described the inhabitants of Melanexia, of which Papua New Guinea is part, as being quite proud of themselves. Furthermore, they would find this categorization to be quite insulting. It doesn’t matter if someone asserts, “We acknowledge the existence of cannibalism in PNG,” as it is an undeniable fact. “Rather, it is inappropriate to take anything out of context and suggest that your uncle falls out of an airplane and we somehow mistake it for a tasty meal.”
It portrays PNG in a negative light. Maholopa Laveil, an economics instructor at the University of Papua New Guinea, said, “PNG has already had a lot of negative coverage around riots and tribal conflict, and this does not help, and [the charges are] baseless.”
“In my opinion, it was not appropriate for a US president to say that, even if it was spontaneous,” he said.
The previous president could appear before the gathered fake media and say the exact same things that Biden does, which would be a terrific opportunity for Trump to mock Biden. Trump needs to arrange a news conference to discuss his World War II ancestor, who was shot down and devoured by cannibals, and then see the response.
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