Posted on 10/27/2019 6:30:07 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump's successful operation to take out Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sent Democrats scrambling on Sunday, as several top party leaders had complained publicly in recent days that the White House had no "real plan" to combat the terror group following the U.S. pullout in Syria.
In a dramatic sign of how Democrats' messaging apparently backfired, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" ran an ill-timed sketch suggesting that Trump had created "jobs" for ISIS -- just hours before the president held a news conference announcing al-Baghdadi's demise. The sketch aired around the time the two-hour late-night raid in northwest Syria was underway.
"It's genuinely fascinating watching Democrats in real-time struggle to figure out what to say about this," journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote on Sunday. "They want to be patriotic and anti-ISIS, but also need a way to malign Trump without contradicting their gushing Obama praise over [Usama bin Laden]: not an easy balancing act. Good luck!"
Through the day, the Democrats -- including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Bob Menendez and former Vice President Joe Biden -- seemingly settled on a new strategy. They praised the troops who executed the historic raid, while pointedly avoiding complimenting the president in any way.
The Democrats also lamented that they were not informed in advance of the operation, while the Russian military was told so that their airspace could be used. The president suggested Sunday that Democrats in Congress, who have been conducting an impeachment inquiry against him that has been fraught with leaked information to the media, were not notified before the raid because of concerns they might compromise the operation with leaks.
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It was a set-up.
Trump pulled out of Syria, making Al-Baddadi think that the coast was clear and he could renew his efforts to create the Caliphate the Muslims have dreamed about for about 1400 years.
Al-Bagdadi let his guard down, as was the plan by Trump and our military. Then, all hell broke loose around Bagdadi’s compound and, BLAM!!!, Bagdadi is dead, and with that, so went the democrats’ criticism of Trump’s ‘mismanagement’ in Syria and with the Kurds.
Now, they’re dumbfounded and lost and their hopes for a future Bagdadi that would haunt Trump, are also dead.
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It was totally brilliant.
It goes to show we can trust the Russians more than the dems.
What a kick in the teeth for them, eh?
Yeah, that scene was so dramatic that one guy is checking his phone, and Joe looks like he just woke up
And then Hillary and her lousy overacting ... yes, there is someone who’s a worse actor than Madonna
Give us a freaking break
I just knew that Trump had something up his sleeve when he decided to pull troops from Syria and let the Kurds fend for themselves....
Why would Hildabeast hate Russia.
Did the check bounce?
Don’t know, I’ll think about it.
Just pointing out that Trip had about 10 people supporting his decision in all of the government. This is not just the Dems
Trump isn’t ever going to announce exactly what he’s doing. He used to complain about that during the campaign and said he’d do it differently and true to form he is.
Sooner or later stupidity IS very painful because of the bad things it leads to. Lots of democrats will find that out the hard way.
It seems that Nancy and her democrats are more Trump’s enemies than Putin and the Russians could ever hope to be.
Good thing for SNL that hardly anyone watches anymore.
*whip* *OW!* *whip* *OW!* *whip* *OW!* *whip* *OW!* LMAO!
Actions speak louder than words.
The Russians cooperate with US interests in a critical mission—no name calling or finger pointing.
The Democrats in Congress—totally untrustworthy—will stick a Shiv in your back at the first opportunity.
Yep - President Trump is a master at messaging - loved how he said we ‘got cooperation” from Russia and a few others by their standing out of the way when he told them, “We’re coming through”...Shows the respect they have for our newly re-energized military and President trump’s resolve....
Of course that basket of despicables would have leaked.
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