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So, for TWO years the Commander in Chief did not order ground actions in Yemen because there were no targets worthy of losing an American. Then Mr. General-Wanna-Be tRump is in charge for a week, and he orders a raid that results in an American death in vain.
Great. Hope all you trumpholes are happy to hear this news. Shame.
Obama administration signed off on the mission.
This mission was put together under the Obama administration, who signed off on the mission. The decision was made to conduct the mission during a moonless night, which wasn't until after Trump took office.
I blame him for both as we had no business participating and he could have saw to it that we didn't.
No, his responsibility and blame is in us being there at all.
We have been there, for years, and many resources were dumped into the Yemen raid under Obama. Trump though giving the final authorization, had a very small role. Sort of like Clinton and NAFTA, where all the work was done before he was president and he merely signed on something that the previous administration put a lot of work into.
Imagine, this mission is the one you heard about, there are others that you had no idea that they occurred, and will not know unless someone leaks info or the gov declassifies. I am sure with this mission, they debated to make it a CIA mission, in that they will not have to disclose it happened, or keep it military where they have to disclose.
This mission was put together under the Obama administration, who signed off on the mission
No Obama did not sign off on the mission - that's why didn't happen under him. Obama didn't want to put US boots on the ground in Yemen - esp. for this risky mission (landing 5 miles away for a sneak attack on an armed compound warned by a sudden increase in air activity.).
No Obama did not sign off on the mission - that's why didn't happen under him. Obama didn't want to put US boots on the ground in Yemen - esp. for this risky mission.
Another misinformed leftie I see that reads the NY Times. So sad.
The military presented the plan to TRump with the intelligence they had. Presidents don't come up with military plans. They thought it was a good plan that would be successful. This has absolutely nothing to do with Trump.
Col. John Thomas :
ndeed, Col. John Thomas, a spokesperson for US Central Command (CENTCOM), the combatant command responsible for operations in the Middle East, acknowledged as much in a statement Wednesday: "CENTCOM asks for operations we believe have a good chance for success and when we ask for authorization we certainly believe there is a chance of successful operations based on our planning.”
No Obama did not sign off on the mission - that's why didn't happen under him. Obama didn't want to put US boots on the ground in Yemen - esp. for this risky mission.
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Originally Posted by wanderlust76
Another misinformed leftie I see that reads the NY Times. So sad.
The military presented the plan to TRump with the intelligence they had. Presidents don't come up with military plans. They thought it was a good plan that would be successful. This has absolutely nothing to do with Trump.
Col. John Thomas :
ndeed, Col. John Thomas, a spokesperson for US Central Command (CENTCOM), the combatant command responsible for operations in the Middle East, acknowledged as much in a statement Wednesday: "CENTCOM asks for operations we believe have a good chance for success and when we ask for authorization we certainly believe there is a chance of successful operations based on our planning.”
The plan was presented to Obama and Obama did not sign off on the mission.
The plan was presented to Trump and Trump did sign off on the mission.
Yet you still blame Obama and call it "Obama's plan"?
THat means absolutely nothing. Obama was an idiot at anything foreign related. Stop avoiding the point. The military leaders felt that it would be successful if you want to point fingers it would be at them.
Because our current Idiot in Chief is a dufus; he is UNQUALIFIED for his job. 60% in latest NBC poll says he doesn't understand enough to be in his job.
He will listen to Putin before he listens to his own cabinet.
We have been there, for years, and many resources were dumped into the Yemen raid under Obama. Trump though giving the final authorization, had a very small role. Sort of like Clinton and NAFTA, where all the work was done before he was president and he merely signed on something that the previous administration put a lot of work into.
Imagine, this mission is the one you heard about, there are others that you had no idea that they occurred, and will not know unless someone leaks info or the gov declassifies. I am sure with this mission, they debated to make it a CIA mission, in that they will not have to disclose it happened, or keep it military where they have to disclose.
None of that addresses the fact that we have no business being there.
No Obama did not sign off on the mission - that's why didn't happen under him. Obama didn't want to put US boots on the ground in Yemen - esp. for this risky mission (landing 5 miles away for a sneak attack on an armed compound warned by a sudden increase in air activity.).
There were already boots on the ground in Yemen under Obama.
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