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Al-Baghdadis Death Came Despite Trumps Actions, Military Officials Say
Mr. Trumps abrupt decision to pull forces from northern Syria disrupted meticulous planning for the raid on the ISIS leader and forced the Pentagon to press ahead with a risky night operation.
Link to tweet
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/us/politics/baghdadi-isis-leader-trump.html
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dweller
(23,634 posts)buttoning the suicide vest ?
asking for
my frenemy ...
✌🏼
2naSalit
(86,634 posts)florida08
(4,106 posts)Thanks for the laugh- it felt good
Wasn't meant to be funny.
question everything
(47,481 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)I could not imagine him having the discipline to command a sensible operation. That stupid something just happened! tweet is far more his style.
paleotn
(17,918 posts)Tough situation theyre in. Not too different from intelligence. But there is much they can do and stay within their oath.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If they openly confront him then they essentially destroy the American concept that the military always obey civilian leadership. But if the day nothing, they become complicit with the destruction of our republic.
I think that we are going to see a lot more "leaks" or "the real story" background from the military, CIA, NSA. Their oath to the country literally require that they find a way to do something.
crickets
(25,980 posts)I wondered about that last minute, "but we're gonna leave a few troops behind to guard the oil" thing. Now we know it was likely how the brass got around Trump's idiotic withdrawal in order to save the mission.
Karadeniz
(22,521 posts)luvtheGWN
(1,336 posts)are denying any knowledge of, or participation in, the raid. Hey, that's not what Donnie said!
oldsoftie
(12,548 posts)and then the us would say nope we never asked
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If it comes out that military brass at the Pentagon were so unsure of Trump that they set up a conference call with President Obama for advice.
spanone
(135,838 posts)Mr. al-Baghdadis death, they said, occurred largely in spite of Mr. Trumps actions.
kpete
(71,994 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,263 posts)Anus Orange forced the Kurds into retreat, so they can't spare any more effort to help the US. Big rush to take advantage of whatever intell assets were still there, before the chance evaporated. And a lot of extra risk for US troops.
Thanks, Obama !