Posted on 03/21/2015 2:23:35 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Remember when the Obama administration cited Yemen as a success story for its counterterrorism strategy? Let’s say that the situation has evolved since Josh Earnest bragged about the outcome of Barack Obama’s Arab Spring strategy of bolstering the local government they wanted after chasing out the previous regime.
Shi’ite Houthi terrorists have returned the favor by chasing the US out of its embassy in Sana’a, and now Sunni al-Qaeda terrorists have chased out 100 Special Ops forces from a Yemeni base after seizing a nearby town:
A day after suicide bombers attacked a pair of mosques in the Yemeni capital, the U.S. military decided to pull the remainder of its troops out of the rapidly fragmenting nation, CBS News confirmed Saturday.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that the withdrawal of about 100 special operations troops would be completed within hours.
Martin reports that no direct threat prompted the decision. Instead, it was the overall deterioration of the country. NBC hears something a little different from its sources:
The U.S. commandos, including Green Berets and Navy Seals, have been training Yemeni military forces in counterterrorism operations, but the Americans have not been involved in direct ground combat maneuvers against militants.
The move comes as al Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a southern Yemen province late Friday, leading to the deaths of about 20 soldiers, Reuters reported. Earlier, four suicide bombers hit a pair of crowded mosques in the capital of Sanaa, killing at least 137 people and injuring more than 300 others, officials said. The US forces didn’t directly engage against AQ, but they ran the drone programs that the US uses to target its leaders:
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Looks like the JV team is doing pretty good against the NBA All Stars
Yeah, when I read this headline my jaw nearly dropped. WTF?
Obama is in charge. Commander in Chief. Or something . . .
I’ll be glad when this nightmare is over.
WTF did Obama mean by no boots on the ground? FUBO!
Reagan doing 360s in his grave.
Let me guess, Kerry is following the same protocol as Clinton was in neutralizing our military in these dangerous areas and twarted them with stand down orders and lack of security for the actual military. So are they just told to abandon the embassy with no means of securing it as it is considered an act of war if said embassy comes under attack the way the Benghazi Annex came under attack? How many millions of US taxpayer’s dollars are these embassies abroad costing us?
US Special Ops/Special Forces are present in over 100 countries, usually in training missions (which was most of the case in Yemen).
How much in the way of goodies and ordinance did they abandon for AQ?
OMG...how AWFUL for those Commandos that would LOVE TO KICK ISLAMIST’S ASS! Man Boy and his administration is making us look like FOOLS and COWARDS on the world stage.
0's legacy will be the entire Middle East overrun by ISIS.
Amen, Brother!
YOU IDIOTS for electing this enemy and still strewing Hollywood dollars in his path. You idiots would pay Obama extra for the best rope to hang you with. And while you’re swinging at the end of your $20,000 a foot rope, your court jester Jon Stewart will be mocking the conservative Americans who fought to save you.
1. Put a couple of AC-130s in loiter orbit above the base.
2. Pull out.
3. Radio a command for the AC-130s to hose the place, because, "Those people have it, now!"
Obola: “My work here is done.”
WHY is our military announcing this before it is done?
Hillary called it soft power
What great leadership by Clown Prince nobama. Run. Great strategy.
Well, from Obozo's perspective, retreating American forces ARE a success story.
That's the whole point - that's HIS whole point....
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