Posted on 10/27/2019 10:02:35 AM PDT by SJackson
onald Trump Kept Plans for Raid Against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi From Democrats Involved in Impeachment Hearings
President Trump said he withheld information about the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from some members of Congressincluding senior Democrats on the committees involved in the impeachment inquirybecause he was worried about leaks. We notified some [and] others are being notified now as I speak, Trump said Sunday morning, approximately 12 hours after he tweeted that something very big has just happened. Those left out of the loop included House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump said that telling the Democratic leaders would have put U.S. forces at risk. Washington is a leaking machine, Trump said. The only people that knew were the few people that I dealt with...A leak could have caused the death of all of them.
I’d consider them my enemy and you never trust the enemy... plus it’s a nice gesture to them to let them know they are not the only ones holding the cards. They have become dirt in this fight and dirt they shall remain as long as they are in congress. There is no way they could redeem themselves.. they have shown how low and how vicious they can be. They can never fix their reputation from all this.
I seem to recall a situation where something like that happened. That leaking caused some kind of operation to be cancelled. Does it ring a bell to anyone? It was maybe 2017 or 2018.
Well, they have openly expressed their desire for a Recession, Depression and economic collapse just so they could blame President Trump.
Democrats are vicious, vile vermin.
In the interest of full disclosure, Trump didn’t mention the raid to me either.
I believe they did, not necessarily Putin directly, but Russia as we had to fly over territory they control. I suspect it made it up the line. We take it as a given that US Congresspeople would have leaked the information. Yet it was known by Turkey, Russia, Iraq, I believe Syria and the Kurds. I’m sure all shared the information among those with a need to know. And no leaks. The US Congress, another story. Some of them would be expected to harm or country.
Maybe, I thought Osama got it from the NYTimes, not personally reading it but as the source. The Times had to get it from someone. My understanding, on learning his phone was being tracked, Osama gave it to an aide who he sent in one direction, while fleeing himself in the other.
That information was on a need-to-know basis, and Nancy-pants and Schitt didn’t need to know ahead of time.
Yes-I know this, should have made the point of the use of the word, Levant, or Levantine, as it is an old expression no longer used much- it was the original “expansion” area planned by Ataturk... the Ottoman Empire.
OBI Won-Kenyobi-— ie. obamaumao always called ISIS...
ISI(L), and insisted on it to the press. Why?— because he was and is Muslim Brotherhood islamofascist, and a card carrying marxist Caliphate supporter.
Thus the LEVANT is included as part of the self proclaimed “next” Caliphate, and self proclaimed Calip— Erdogan. Erdogan said he was destined to be the Caliph—said this to the faces of the House of Saud’s current leadership— Prince bin Salman. They are not amused, as they are the protectors of Mecca. Their interest in the balance of power— over Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey is rather profound, as is their close work with Mossad.
Well if thats true, perhaps McConnell keeps the thing in limbo until November 2020.If the Senate goes to court, those jurors/Senators cannot go on the campaign trail for 2020. - a fool in paradise
I dont know why not, either - but if not, why couldnt the Senate just preemptively find Mr. Trump Not guilty by a majority vote? A 2/3 vote is necessary for conviction - an absolute majority against conviction should dispose of the issue.Isnt it normal, after all, for a criminal defense to respond to the prosecutions case initially by asking the judge to declare that the prosecution is defective and the defendant must be released?
The Dems are leakers by their nature, can’t be trusted and the corrupt media is corrupt, Trump did the right thing here.
“Personally I don’t see why anyone in either political party not directly in the chain of command, which probably eliminates virtually every politician save the Vice President, should have been briefed prior to the action.”
I agree.
Without question.
“He said only those closest to him and involved in the operation were notified...”
That was clearly part of his 2016 campaign. He talked about Obama giving the enemy the date troops would leave, etc. He said he NEVER would let military information out before an action.
Things that make you go, “Hmmmm...”
Love it! The adults are in charge. Love the look on POTUS’ face. Our bad-ass president!
“(Trumps approval probably just went up 10%)”
I wonder what the market will do tomorrow.
” it would by HYSTERICAL if Trump let Putin know in advance.”
He absolutely did told someone in Russia — probably Putin. He mentioned in his statement regarding permission to use Russian air space — not exactly what the mission was, but that it was important.
Sad when Putin, Erdogan, etc., are more trustworthy than the (alleged) Americans in DC.
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I am so very proud of our wonderful president.
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