Interesting take on the raid by Garry Kasparov.

[edbermac]

Link to tweet

[orangecrush]

1. Very interesting!

Thanks for posting!

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Trump is no negotiator.

Turkey and Russia leave with all the wins at the gambling table and throw a chip to Trump like he's their drink server. And, frankly, this was the military's win. They had all the intelligence they needed sans Turkey and Russia. The military's strike was a success in spite of Trump. Not because of his participation.

[Chemisse]

3. Trump has long pined for a dramatic 'kill' like Obama had, I'd wager.

What a negotiator.

[kentuck]

4. I'm thinking something similar.

This is part of a deal for getting out of Syria.

[Pepsidog]

5. They threw him a bone because of the heat he is taking. They news him in office a few more months.

[catbyte]

6. This was in a reply. I wish I knew the source of this, but it sounds very plausible:

Link to tweet

The Kurds provided intel on al-Baghdadi to US forces for the past 5 months. Trump nearly jeopardized the raid when he suddenly capitulated to Erdogan and pulled out SOF troops betraying the Kurds.

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Well, I'm sure he acknowledged the help of the Kurds in that wonderful speech he gave. nt

/especially//bitter/

[liberalla]

12. I think it's from kpete's thread... and the NYT article therein

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212628087

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. Of course it was pure coincidence.

[CousinIT]

8. That was my take on it. n/t

[Crowman2009]

9. About a month or two there will be another no. 1 or 2 ISIS leader.

Just like with the Al-Qaeda BS.

[getagrip_already]

10. Even the russian military says it wasn't baghdadi.... he died in 2017....

Whoever was killed, it wasn't him. It's just another trump lie.

[uponit7771]

13. K&R,

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. And Erdogan lived only 5 kilometers.from where baghdadi was found. nt