SEALs Knew ‘They Were Screwed From Beginning’ In Fatal Yemen Raid, Went Into Battle

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  1. Wehrwolfen

    Wehrwolfen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    SEALs Knew ‘They Were Screwed From Beginning’ In Fatal Yemen Raid, Went Into Battle Anyway​


    By Saagar Enjeti


    U.S. Navy SEALs knew al-Qaida terrorists were alerted to their impending raid deep inside Yemen Saturday, but continued the operation anyway.
    U.S. officials say they are unsure how the terrorist group figured out the upcoming raid. Local tribal elders speculated that the group was suspicious because U.S. drones were flying lower than normal,(*)and emitting audible engine noise.
    As the terrorists prepared for the SEALs arrival, the U.S. intercepted their communications. The SEALs were a mere five miles away and chose to press on, despite knowing it would be a bloody firefight.
    “They kind of knew they were screwed from the beginning,” a former SEAL Team 6 member told The New York Times.

    When the SEALs arrived they were engaged in a nearly 50-minute firefight, which killed one U.S. service member and injured six others. The SEALs also(*)encountered a highly unusual situation.
    “Several women in the compound immediately,(*)ran to pre-established positions — as though they had trained to be ready, and trained to be combatants — and engaged with us,” according to Pentagon Spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis. Davis elaborated that this is the first known time to the U.S. military that al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula employed women in an attack.
    A $75 million MV-22 Osprey also experienced a “hard landing” and had to be destroyed by a follow up U.S. airstrike to protect proprietary technology.
    “Almost everything went wrong,” a U.S. defense official told NBC News after the operation.

    The Pentagon confirmed late Wednesday that civilians were killed in the raid, saying, “[AQAP] has a horrifying history of hiding women and children within militant operating areas and terrorist camps, and continuously shows a callous disregard for innocent lives.” One of the civilians who may have been killed is the 8-year-old daughter of former al-Qaida(*)leader Anwar Al-Awlaki.

    Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/02/s...-in-fatal-yemen-raid-went-into-battle-anyway/

    This operation was setup by the Obama administration and was handed to Trump like primed grenade ready to blow. Yet in truth, "No plan ever survives contact with the enemy". Obama's operatives ratted out Seal Team 6 just as they did after ST6 killed Bin Laden. It's been reported that the raid uncovered a treasure trove of intelligence information. The question has to be asked. Was One ST-6 member killed, 6 wounded and the loss of an Osprey worth it? Was this a set-up parting gift from Obama to the American people?
     
  2. Woogs

    Woogs Well-Known Member

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    Whether Obama set this up or not, Trump owns this one. He had no problem cancelling the TPP or the Australian refugee swap. He could have nixed this raid, but didn't. For better or worse, he's the CinC. It's his raid.
     
  3. Margot2

    Margot2 Banned

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    Did the Seals blame Obama or just YOU?

    Wouldn't it be great if these raids came with a guarantee ... like a toaster?
     
  4. Russ103

    Russ103 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I find it ridiculous how much information is out about the SEAL teams. Their business should remain classified. Sure it makes for good movies and pop culture but at then end of the day nobody should hear about their raids.
     
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    Deckel Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Why make it a game of palace intrigue when the source indicates themselves that the change in drone patterns likely tipped the force's impending arrival?
     
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    What I find truly reprehensible is that any American would say, "Was this a set-up parting gift from Obama to the American people?"
     
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    PARTIZAN1 Well-Known Member

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    Do you ever get tired of posting fake news?
     
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    Interesting, I doubt this was a result of low flying drones. I suspect there must have been an Intel breach, I do not understand why we even acknowledged this raid happened? As far as civilians? What the (*)(*)(*)(*) is that? Meaningless term.
     
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    toddwv Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Let's see:

    Trump bans Muslim travel: Obama's fault.
    Trump gives go ahead for a failed military operation: Obama's fault.

    I think I'm starting to see a trend here...
     
  10. Wehrwolfen

    Wehrwolfen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    For the Twenty trillionth time, the planning for this operation took place under the Obama administration and was pushed to occur after Obama left office. This was all orchestrated by Obama and more than likely set up to fail. As a rule Spec Ops normally take months of preparation with rehearsals.
     
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    kgeiger002 Active Member Past Donor

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    Ok...That's a heavy scenario for sure. Wow, I don't know what to think on this one. Very Heavy for sure!
     
  12. toddwv

    toddwv Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So the failed mission happened while President Obama was still president and Trump didn't give the go-ahead?

    Seems more like the Obama Admin decided it was a bad idea and didn't give it the go ahead, but someone in the Trump Admin really wanted it to happen; maybe to take off some of the heat from Trump's Muslim Ban blowback.

    Or maybe Putin told Trump to give his OK in an attempt to embarrass the US. It's hard to tell as more and more links between the Trump Regime and Russia become exposed.

    And just a couple minutes to cancel if things don't look right.

    “We really struggled with getting the White House comfortable with getting boots on the ground in Yemen,” the former official said. “Since the new administration has come in, the approvals [at the Pentagon] appear to have gone up.”

    So the Obama Admin refused to sign off on it but the Trump Regime did it without vetting the information.

    "US military officials told Reuters that Trump approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence, ground support, or adequate backup preparations."

    But it's Obama's fault that Trump greenlighted this action w/o . Just like when McConnell blamed Obama because the Republican-controlled Senate's overide of President Obama's "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act," veto.

    Republicans are so pathetic.
     
  13. jack4freedom

    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    There you go...Trump tries to grab some cheap headlines and gets one of America's finest killed in a bungled raid...I hope he does not keep this kind of crap up.
     
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    Sadanie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I find it amazing that they blame Obama for the rushed decision made by Trump! Obviously, if Obama had thought it was safe enough to order this raid, he would have done so. The fact that he didn't make that decision demonstrates that he knew the time wasn't right yet and the danger to American lives (and innocent civilians) too great to go ahead at this time.

    Trump rushed in because he wanted to "be the hero" and he lost big. The blood of our Seal and the children and women who died in this mission as well as the blood of the wounded marines is on Trump's hands.
     
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    So now you're claiming that Trump sent these people into a trap, and Obama had nothing to do with it? Trump went to Dover to be with the widow and the family with no media being present, while Obama and Hillary did it for the photo op in Sept 2012 with the MSM present.
     
  16. jack4freedom

    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Trump screwed the pooch and got our guy killed trying to be a hero. Like Harry Truman said: "the buck stops here"...He had a sign that said that right on his desk in the Oval Office. Hillary and Obama are gone champ. If Trump and his band of corporate swindlers dick the deal, it's all on them. Maybe the reason Obama's team did not go ahead with this bungled plan was because they did not think it was a good idea...Your boy is 0 for one with blood on his hands so far...We will all be keeping score..
     
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    Oh wait. It seems like we owe Trump an apology. His Press Secretary Sean 'Alternative Facts' Spicer admitted that Trump couldn't be bothered to be in the situation room while the raid was going down. He was probably already in his PJs and had a few more tweets to put out. It's not like it was the first raid approved by his Administration or anything like that. I guess President Bannon sent Trump to bed early or something.
     
  18. Wehrwolfen

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    This was Obama's operation without a doubt and just another landmine for Trump to navigate. You can score this as Obama's last, just as the Ft. Lauderdale shooting was an ISIS terrorist op due to lax security measures of Obama DHS.
     
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    So the terrorists knew the SEALS were coming, but left 'treasure trove' of intelligence there.

    Makes total sense.
     
  20. jack4freedom

    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I would fully expect a Trump supporter to blame their hero's (*)(*)(*)(*) up on someone else. Trump has never admitted anything in his life. This one's on Trump champ. He gave the order. The buck stops right on his desk.
     
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    Wehrwolfen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That's what the MSM is reporting.
     
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    The "MSM" reported that the SEAL raid was leaked to the terrorists by the Obama camp, and the terrorists left all of their intel where the SEALs were coming to?
     
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    Wehrwolfen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So you're claiming that Trump picked the target, set up the operation, got ST-6 up to operational levels, transported them to an area close to Yemen and sent them in all in less than 10 days from his taking the oath of office.
     
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    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    He gave the final order and got the kid killed. End of story. Your guy dicked the deal champ, own it.
     
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    Wehrwolfen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    "The mission was first submitted by U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations across the Middle East, to the Defense Department on November 7, one day before the presidential election. A plan was approved by the Pentagon on December 19 and turned over to the White House. Obama administration officials approved a plan for an operation during an interagency meeting January 6, two weeks before President Donald Trump's inauguration, and decided it would be best to carry it out in the dark of a "moonless night," Spicer said. That meant waiting until after Trump took office."

    Obama signed off on the attack as per this excerpt from Stars and Stripes. [https://www.stripes.com/news/middle...planning-in-seal-team-raid-in-yemen-1.452212]

    Just the facts.....
     

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