- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Archived at https://archive.is/70z3s
You must log in or # to comment.
I feel like many of the commenters below are missing the point, or didn’t even read the article. It’s not about incompetence by the SEALs (they weren’t), it’s Trump’s incompetence. He basically ignored the restrictions his predecessors had put in place because they knew that using special operations for extremely high-risk operations (because they’re likely to fail or be disastrous in the first place) was not something to be done lightly, but Trump, being Trump, just approved crazy operations without any clear thought.
SEALs are not trump own special forces, they work for the US government
I know. But unfortunately, the president is also the commander in chief of the executive branch, so he has the power to approve their operations.
From what I understand, the military will suggest potential courses of action, but not all of them are good, which is where the president is supposed to use his wise judgment, if only he had it.
PFFFF HAHAHA HAHA HAHAHAHA
“Wise judgement”.
Considering the ongoing incompetence of Seal Team 6, I have wondered if they were supposed to bring back Osama Bin Laden alive, but completely botched the operation.
Well yeah, didn’t they wreck their helicopter and have to blow it up?
I see no reason not to believe the official story in this case. Bringing him back alive would have served no useful purpose, and would have led to him getting a ton of publicity that would have only inspired his followers. Most Americans were likely happy to see him die the way he did given the 9/11 attacks.
The U.S. government estimates that North Korea now has roughly 50 nuclear weapons and missiles that can reach the West Coast.
If Trump could get an erection, he’d probably jerk it to the idea of North Korea nuking the West Coast. If they hit the West Coast, they could decimate blue strongholds that Trump hates and that hate Trump. Plus, he’d have an excuse to use a nuke on them. He’s been dreaming of nuking something since his first term.
the SEALs punctured the boat crew’s lungs with knives to make sure their bodies would sink.
These were trained monsters, one day they will retire and do something at home.
Imagine if russia or china did the same thing…
They don’t need to, trump just tells them directly
The lack of notification may have violated the law.
Why do people keep saying this? Trump never cared about upholding any law, it’s all inconsequential to him.
Trump broke the law! Yeah, sure, and? He does that all day every day, that’s not news anymore
So we normalise it? Ok, nice. Break enough laws and it becomes meaningless. Noted.
Never heard about this, would explain why the Trump - Kim love letters failed and their relationship soured
Rocket man!
NYT has just been jerking off over the presidency, fuck them, they’re loving this
Maybe if the seals spent less time trafficking and doing drugs they would fuck up less
The archive version is actually readable since it isn’t a ‘web experience’
