Posted on 08/28/2021 2:34:05 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The failure of the Biden administration to name the two Islamic State terrorists killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan on Friday has led some experts to conclude they were not high-value targets.
In a press conference Saturday, Major Gen. William Taylor only referred to the dead targets as a “planner” and “facilitator,” and would not say if they played specific roles in the airport suicide attack Thursday that killed 13 American soldiers and 169 Afghans. Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, was behind the attack.
“Normally if they get a high-profile guy they like to name him,” retired US Army Lt. Col Brian F. Sullivan told The Post.
“They keep talking BS about ‘eyes over the horizon’ but I think a lot of this is the administration blowing more smoke,” Sullivan added. “They’re throwing this up as if the US is reacting with strength and power. So that makes the score something like ISIS 200-US two. Who are they kidding?”
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One of Bin Laden’s key Lieutenants.
I have some doubts about the decision to strike anybody at this time.
With so many hostages still in Kabul and elsewhere is it really wise to conduct retaliatory strikes now?
I’d like to see retribution as much as anyone but it seems to me that we would be inviting some spectacularly horrifying responses using American hostages.
This is, without question, a Catch 22 of Biden’s making.
The domestic enemy administration must protect the terrorists. And here comes another attack....If more vets die in this one Republicans will really do nothing
https://nypost.com/2021/08/28/pentagon-believes-next-terrorist-attack-in-kabul-is-imminent/
Yes. I thought the same thing. The other thing is the attack was supposed to be a suicide bombing.
So how do you kill the ‘planner’ of a suicide? Wouldn’t the suicidee be the planner?
Wait until the Taliban order Dementia Joe to free all of the the 9/11 terrorists at Guantanamo as a 20th anniversary gift.
They won’t name him because his real name is Omar the goat herder. This is the equivilent of bombing an asprin factory. THe Biden administration and Gen. Milley are now simply making it up as they go so dementia Joe can look like a tough guy. Thing is, Joe’s so tough he eats steel-cut oats for lunch now.
They were nobodies who had bad luck to be available.
No, not necessarily. But how do you know who it was and where he is in such short time?
Were the suicide bomber’s daisy chain of mortars AMERICAN MADE AND ABANDONED BY BIDEN FOR USE BY THE TALIBAN?
John Doe
Please, give the Biden administration time. They’ve got to come up with a name that the mainstream media will accept. (It just won’t do to say they killed a random goat-herder. There’s no glory in that.)
(just kidding)
Mr. Goat Herder, going out for a pack of ciggys.
My guess is that he’s worried about revenge or blowback from the Taliban. Everything about this entire operation stinks of surrender and betrayal. The drone strike itself wasn’t a serious operation to strike back hard at the terrorists who killed our Marines. It was done as a political show.
They hit one goat and a camel. It’s all diversion!
Because there were none! Make it look good joe!
“… This is the equivilent of bombing an asprin factory.…”
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It’s closer to bombing a bottle of aspirin… and implying you’ve destroyed the capital city of the country in which it was manufactured.
2 Goat herders driving a golf cart. Nothing more.
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