this was a completely failed mission.
obama rejected it. trump decided without any input from military commanders to go ahead with it. he put steve bannon, a neo-nazi publicist, and jared kushner, a 30-something real estate developer whose daddy went to prison for fraud and theft, in charge of it.
trump then decided to angrily tweet at the new york times, whose readership is now at record levels, before going to bed.
every single aspect of this raid was disastrous failure that resulted in the needless death of a brave american navy seal.
UncleBuck, I respect you and your right to have an opinion, even if it is willfully ignorant in this case. You at least ask the right questions, in that respect you are just like Steve Bannon, and unfortunately, just like him your conclusions are often way outside the 10 ring.
On a side note, why mention Jared's age, job or father? Is Jared responsible for his fathers decisions or is each responsible for his own actions? You could have just left it at Jared Kushner, but chose age discrimination and his former job to profile him into the category you want.
I respectfully say to you, you were not there, you have no idea what was or was not recovered, for that matter neither was I, which is why I said "do not say it was a failure" just as I have not said it was a success. I said "do not dishonor his memory by calling it a failure". Each of us has his or her own opinions of what success is based on what "we" believe and our placement of value on what was or was not recovered. The only opinion of success or failure that really matters is that of the members of the "Team" that went in and made it out. They are the only ones that can make any "real" determination of success based on the mission and its results. We (all of us) will never have all the facts due to the classified nature of the mission. .
Wow. What pretzeled asshole did you pull that 'logic' out of?
Can't say bad to the president cuz flags and stuff!
No he got someone killed for nothing.
Scratch that. 14 people, because the non combatants on the ground paid just as high a price, whether they were Americans or not. And they matter just as much.
Why don't flag waving pall bearers ever seem to get that?
You have no idea what I say about the President, very assumptive on your part and I do not associate Duty, Honor, and Code with nothing. The only people who can determine whether the mission was for something or nothing are the other members of the "Team". Until we hear from them and their opinion, being the only ones who have actual factual knowledge, saying that the mission was a failure dishonors this young mans' sacrifice. Why not say instead "in my opinion it was a failure"? Then all who read "your opinion" will know that you are basing what you are saying on the facts you have? There are always 3 truths to any situation, one sides truth, the other sides truth, and the real truth. The only people who know the real truth are the ones who were there. Without knowing the real truth you dishonor his memory by saying the mission was a failure. I have not said the mission was a success because, I do not know the real truth either. I asked that we not dishonor this young mans' service or sacrifice by calling it a failure without knowing what really happened.
To assume that I think that the other people who lost their lives do not matter and that ANY loss of life is not indeed a tragedy is frankly offensive. To try and profile me into some category that does not place value on all life through the use of inferred bigotry is a cheap shot to delegitimize the real questions everyone should be asking.
How and why was an 8yr old American Citizen in a fortified terrorist base in Yemen? Who are her Parents or Guardians that thought it was a good idea to be in that fortified terrorist base in Yemen and take her with them? These are the "real" questions.
Of course, from previous posts I have read from you two, in my opinion, you will not be able to understand what that really means or chose to willfully disregard the obvious answers. Either way, I know what's coming next. I have read Rules for Radicals as well. Pimping is easy.
“Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
“If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog.
“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.