OF COURSE he knew. DUH!
In addition, Julin said that Walz assured him that, as a then-command sergeant major of his battalion, he would lead his battalion into Iraq. However, later on, Julin said he found out that Walz went around him — to two levels above him — to get his retirement approved before he could actually deploy.
… Julin said if Walz had been “an early-entry, low-level ranking” individual, he could be forgiven for not knowing the process.
“Tim Walz knew the process and procedures. He went around me and above and beyond me, and basically went to get somebody to back him to get him out of there without … it was just a backdoor process that he handled against me,” Julin said.
This cowardice sickens me!