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US troops met with 'overwhelming force' in Niger ambush, official says [W:14]

RetiredUSN said:
You folks need to take a breather and wait for the overall picture to develop.

We have been in Niger for what......4 years now? My question is, why nobody has said anything about having almost a 1000 troops there?

There are too many things here that do not add up. I understand the why, but I am in the dark as to the mission.
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They gotta hurry up and blame President Trump, before the facts come out, so they can ignore them.
 
Rogue Valley said:
I was thinking the same about you remf
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Nice try but you already demonstrated that you have know clue what you are talking about.
You can try and insult me all you wish but unfortunately for you both my MOS and my CIB disagree with you. Besides weren’t you in the Navy. What you just tried to insult me with is what 99% of what that branch is.
 
iguanaman said:
No, she said that the ambassador would still be dead if the CIA did not claim the attack was the result of a video. That is very different. You disagree with that?
In this case it appears to me that those 5 green berets would still be alive if Trump had not stupidly included Chad in the latest Muslim ban causing Chad to remove its forces from Niger and elsewhere in the region. That could very well explain his tardiness in addressing those deaths....guilt.
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It appears to you that way because you hate Trump and the right and you let it color how you look at everything. It’s how you can try and use the deaths of service members to score cheap political points and not feel any shame.
 
Absentglare said:
Sorry, i can't watch that right now, but is that the video where Maddow nails that:

- President Trump/Tillerson were pissed at Chad for a $57 billion Exxon tax dispute
- President Trump/Tillerson put Chad on the travel ban for BS reasons
- Chad pulled its support from Niger.
- American soldiers are ordered to go in blind and get ambushed.

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Yeah it was the Rachael segment
 
ecofarm said:
Pathetic and stupid political hackery. No better than "mission accomplished". You're removing context and it's a deplorable ploy.
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Perhaps someday you will learn what the military term "mission accomplished" means.
 
Rogue Valley said:
You couldn't find your ass with a map and a Blue Force Tracker.

'This was sophisticated': US official says troops saw warning signs before Niger ambush
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A few questions for this thread.
Where in the hell are the democratics on this topic they are so soft as a party. Republicans would be all over this like fly's on ****. If it was a democratic President.

Where in the "F" is the media? They should be asking a very simple question to this lame lying ass President.
Did you give this order?
When did you give the order?
What was the purpose of this mission?
Because if it was a success and we lost no lives he be all over TV and all other forms of media praising himself.

To the fallen we thank you for your service and the sacrifice and are grateful as a nation whatever your mission was.
 
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ObamacareFail said:
Perhaps someday you will learn what the military term "mission accomplished" means.
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First, you completely misread my post. Second, I don't see a service icon under your name.
 
apdst said:
The enemy got a heads up that the team was going to be in the area.

They set up an ambush, with overwhelming force.

Investigation pretty much complete.

Was there a spy in the team's midst? Was there a break down in signals security? Did the team excercise a routine that gave them away? Did the enemy just get lucky? Who knows. Should these questions be answered? Of course, but any attempt to blame someone will be a waste of time. Of course, the AT's will claim it's President Trump's fault.
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Bull****. Trump is CIC, and this mission was FUBAR from start to finish. Buck stops where?
 
Jaygodmedia said:
Didn't hear that about Benghazi...
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Was Beghazi a military operation? Were American troops still operating in Libya after the embassy attack?

The answer is no.
 
ecofarm said:
First, you completely misread my post. Second, I don't see a service icon under your name.
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He fought in the war against Obamacare. :)
 
calamity said:
Bull****. Trump is CIC, and this mission was FUBAR from start to finish. Buck stops where?
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Post a link proving that the mission was "FUBAR from start to finish".
 
Jaygodmedia said:
A few questions for this thread.
Where in the hell are the democratics on this topic they are so soft as a party. Republicans would be all over this like fly's on ****. If it was a democratic President.

Where in the "F" is the media? They should be asking a very simple question to this lame lying ass President.
Did you give this order?
When did you give the order?
What was the purpose of this mission?
Because if it was a success and we lost no lives he be all over TV and all other forms of media praising himself.

To the fallen we thank you for your service and the sacrifice and are grateful as a nation whatever your mission was.
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It's highly improbable that President Trump gave the order for this mission.
 
apdst said:
Was Beghazi a military operation? Were American troops still operating in Libya after the embassy attack?

The answer is no.
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and the GOP still made it a political witch hunt and found nothing I'm just saying its time the spineless democratic Party fight with bs like the GOP.
 
Jaygodmedia said:
and the GOP still made it a political witch hunt and found nothing I'm just saying its time the spineless democratic Party fight with bs like the GOP.
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They found that

-The admin lied about the cause of the attack.

-Clinton rejected dozens of requests for more security assets

-The admin failed to respond with a rescue force.
 
apdst said:
Post a link proving that the mission was "FUBAR from start to finish".
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Links have been provided by several members, posts you already replied to. Maybe you should read them :roll:
 
apdst said:
They found that

-The admin lied about the cause of the attack.

-Clinton rejected dozens of requests for more security assets

-The admin failed to respond with a rescue force.
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And, Trump's army relied on private contractors to extract soldiers under fire and left a man behind. Are you sure you want to take this beating?
 
calamity said:
And, Trump's army relied on private contractors to extract soldiers under fire and left a man behind. Are you sure you want to take this beating?
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As I said before where are the democratic and independents on this? Where in the "F" is the congressional black caucus? Where is the NAACP? Giving the fact the soldier left behind was black. Make it political the GOP leadership should would if they were not in power.
 
calamity said:
And, Trump's army relied on private contractors to extract soldiers under fire and left a man behind. Are you sure you want to take this beating?
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First off, Obama sent those troops over there, so I imagine that Obama is the one that hired the private contractor to provide aircraft.

Second, SF teams don't go into a theater with the same assets (air, arty, armor) that an infantry division does. They are there to advise and assist. If the local command doesn't have an air force, then it wouldn't make much sense to train the local troops to operate as if they did. The private contractor may work for Niger and and not the U.S.

Are you sure you want to keep exposing how ignorant you are of these kinds of operations?
 
calamity said:
Links have been provided by several members, posts you already replied to. Maybe you should read them :roll:
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None of those links prove that the mission was "FUBAR from start to finish".

In fact, the source for one of them is an anonymous congressional aide. I'll bet that anonymous aide has very much time down range.
 
Jaygodmedia said:
As I said before where are the democratic and independents on this? Where in the "F" is the congressional black caucus? Where is the NAACP? Giving the fact the soldier left behind was black. Make it political the GOP leadership should would if they were not in power.
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Oh yeah! Bring that! :lamo

Please!!
 
apdst said:
Oh yeah! Bring that! :lamo

Please!!
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UNFORTUNATELY it is a laughable matter the Dems are soft and the independent party has no party are power. You win again GOP. Let the **** show move on to taxes right?
 
apdst said:
They found that

-The admin lied about the cause of the attack.

-Clinton rejected dozens of requests for more security assets

-The admin failed to respond with a rescue force.
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The head of the CIA testified before Congress that they believed a video was the cause of the attack, not the administration.
The ambassador rejected the additional security assets himself.
The CIA was in charge of security in Benghazi and it was their failure to provide a timely rescue force though they tried.
 
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