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Rhiannon12866

(255,533 posts)
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 10:45 PM Aug 2021

BREAKING: U.S. Hits ISIS Target In Afghanistan With "Over-The-Horizon" Drone Strike: DOD - TRMS



Courtney Kube, Pentagon and national security correspondent for NBC News, reports breaking news that the U.S. Department of Defense has announced in a statement from U.S. Central Command that it has conducted a drone strike on an ISIS-K target in Afghanistan. Aired on 08/27/2021.


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BREAKING: U.S. Hits ISIS Target In Afghanistan With "Over-The-Horizon" Drone Strike: DOD - TRMS (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 OP
Price has to be paid for forced human explosives. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #1
President Biden warned them. MontanaMama Aug 2021 #2
He meant it. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #4
He certainly did and they made the mistake of misunderestimating him Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #5
Amen sister. MontanaMama Aug 2021 #6
And if you think about it, we've rarely - if ever - had a POTUS with more experience Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #7
He's a nice guy who does not play MontanaMama Aug 2021 #8
And he's not done yet. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #9
Do not piss off President Biden Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #3
Joe is not playing! SheltieLover Aug 2021 #10
My dumarse BIL says #46 is trying to start a war,,, Pas-de-Calais Aug 2021 #11
Good grief! I am so sorry! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #12
JRB speaks softly, but carries a big stick! ffr Aug 2021 #13
And he's already said "The buck stops here!" Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #15
Sent a message. Texaswitchy Aug 2021 #14
If I were Biden ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #16
Damn Moebym Aug 2021 #17
He moved as fast on this as he did on the pandemic Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #18

OAITW r.2.0

(32,141 posts)
1. Price has to be paid for forced human explosives.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 10:59 PM
Aug 2021

The ultimate coward's terror weapon. Hit them 10x harder than they hit us. And make all of ISIS-K leadership....and their supporters fair game. I will side with a Taliban that will need the entire support of the country's population to repel this sick doctrine of Islamic extremism.

MontanaMama

(24,722 posts)
2. President Biden warned them.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:01 PM
Aug 2021

I was taken aback when he said it…because I knew he wasn’t kidding.

Rhiannon12866

(255,533 posts)
5. He certainly did and they made the mistake of misunderestimating him
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:16 PM
Aug 2021

He's not Bush* or TFG.

Rhiannon12866

(255,533 posts)
7. And if you think about it, we've rarely - if ever - had a POTUS with more experience
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:30 PM
Aug 2021

He served for 30 years in the Senate and Obama chose him for his foreign policy expedience! Then he had 8 years in the Executive Branch - and he and Obama were as close as any POTUS-VP duo. And yes, he's a nice guy - but he also knows what he's doing...

MontanaMama

(24,722 posts)
8. He's a nice guy who does not play
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:32 PM
Aug 2021

when it comes to our military. This is going to be very interesting.

Rhiannon12866

(255,533 posts)
9. And he's not done yet.
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:42 PM
Aug 2021

Unlike certain predecessors, he has competent advisors, but when it comes down to it he's calling the shots and he's going to do the right and effective thing for both our country and our military no matter what it takes. And this worked so well because it was completely unexpected.

Pas-de-Calais

(10,285 posts)
11. My dumarse BIL says #46 is trying to start a war,,,
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 11:57 PM
Aug 2021

After complaining about mandating masks.
Worse thing bil did was retire & make buddies with a retired police chief of a white suburb.
He’s very easily swayed by other opinions. Now spouting RW talking points, rw diatribes etc like their his.
Bought a pistol, when he lives in gated community. Shit like that. Wife knows what to say & not say to him. He’s a very large hypocrite right now.
Glad I don’t really have to talk to him alot.

Rhiannon12866

(255,533 posts)
12. Good grief! I am so sorry!
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 12:12 AM
Aug 2021

I can't help wondering if all this insanity that's taken over now is because these nutjobs believed TFG or whether he just gave them permission to go public...

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
16. If I were Biden ...
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 01:23 AM
Aug 2021

After we get all our troops out I would bomb the hell out of isis k areas using drones and bombers

Moebym

(1,033 posts)
17. Damn
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 01:37 AM
Aug 2021

Well, we certainly can't accuse him of not making good on his promise to hunt down those responsible for murdering our troops and so many Afghan civilians.

I was taken by surprise at just how quickly he retaliated, that's all.

Rhiannon12866

(255,533 posts)
18. He moved as fast on this as he did on the pandemic
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 05:28 AM
Aug 2021

He sure inherited one of the worst clusterfucks in our history - and I'm guessing that history will be very kind to him...

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