Sean Spicer claims the botched, failed raid was âsuccessfulâ.
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#YEMENGHAZI
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-commando-idUSKBN15G5RX
Reuters has a new report on the raid in Yemen this weekend that resulted in the death of Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens. It includes some shocking claims from anonymous U.S. military officials:
- Trump approved the raid without proper intelligence, ground support, or contingency plans.
- The intelligence lapses caused the SEAL team to drop into a reinforced compound with a larger group of Al Qaeda soldiers than expected.
- The âbrutal firefightâ that killed Owens also resulted in the deaths of 15 women and children, including an 8-year old girl.
Why it matters: A leak like this is highly unusual in the military community â and especially shocking when it comes just 12 days into a new presidency. It raises questions about Trumpâs standing among his military leaders, as these officials have now thrown their commander-in-chief under the bus.
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I hope whoeverâs driving that bus takes the time to back up and run over him again a few times, just to make sure.
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Just wait until you see Drumpf squeezed into a flight-suitâŚ
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The emperor has no wall.
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Jackson created an ethnic cleansing, and was known for his war time activities against Native peoples⌠Thatâs a steep hill to climb to look better than that. Letâs not soft peddle what Jackson did in an attempt to call out Trump.
That being said, heâs emboldened and empowered lots of people who would very much like to carry out an ethnic cleansing of Muslims and brown people in general and depending on how bad things get, it could devolve into that. But weâre not at the Indian Removal Act yet.
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In all fairness, he did it first.
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What does that mean, exactly? âTargetâ? Like how? In what way?
The fuckâŚ
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I was wondering the same thing, in addition to âwhat Red State Democratsâ?
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Resistance to the current idiocy has a mascot.
Miss Kamala Khan of Marvelâs version of Jersey City.
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Well, here⌠Hank Johnson, Stacy Abrams (minority leader in state house), John Lewis, David Scott, Sanford Bishop⌠?
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I think itâs just the general idea that blue senators in red states are under pressure to vote with Trump if they want to keep their jobs (or vice-versa, like Heller in Nevada).
e.g. Heitkamp, Manchin etc.
But the WH and its poor excuse for a press secretary really shouldnât be so brazenly politicizing SCOTUS picks.
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Agreed. But I think the politicization of SCOTUS picks predates this administration. They are just benefiting from it.
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The White House staff now have both denied vehemently that he ever said any such thing, and explained that he was only saying it in a âlightheartedâ comment.
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I used to think "at least we wont have to worry about this sort of crap once the âdinosaursâ die off"
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How Trump can build a U.S. autocracy: David Frum - Home | The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti | CBC Radio
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I think that the consensus guess about what that means is swimsuit followed by evening wearâŚ
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A bit unexpected:
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