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By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Chip Star
All correct. Donny's bungling this win by running off at the mouth regarding how it was completed. Do all of us a favor, Donny, and st*u.
PTownsend
How long until Facebook and other media used by the global far right to push their anti-democratic messages post a video showing Trump in the tunnel pointing his finger gun, shouting "bom-boom-boom" like he did after the Dayton shooting. (link below)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-chicago-dayton-shooter-sanctuary-cities-visit-police-chief-a9175086.html
And most of his cult followers would believe the video is real.
Bintaro
The man said it himself ! No need to congratulate the president in this kind of situation !
So, congratulations to the soldiers who went after Baghdadi, and a big thank you to the Kurds who provided the intelligence.
Jimizo
Trump gave Obama no credit for Bin Laden.
This is fair enough. Trump is being judged by his own standards.
ToshiYori
But if things had gone badly, they would be heaping blame on him for being totally responsible for the failure.
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u_s__reamer
At least with Trump, we probably got the truth about Baghdadi's death.
If only life were so simple, but by now Donny has cried wolf so many times and, boasting the record for White House Whoppers, he is the most transparently untruthful politician I've ever encountered. The fake photo of him and top brass watching the action was posed because there was no live action film to watch and the situation room selfie was taken hours later. Pence gave the game away by refusing to "watch". Then the fake news from the MSM reported this photo as "real". The "crying", "whimpering" and "screaming" Al-Badaddy" was pure Hollywood pulp movie. Let's just get on with that impeachment before Trump tries to escape down his own tunnel.
bass4funk
Well, like with OBL, the troops are the real hero’s even those these bad guys died on these Presidents watches.
lincolnman
BINGO Donnie! You get zero credit for this win. In fact, you deserve all the criticism and scorn by throwing our Kurd allies under the bus - the allies that gave us the intel to make this kill.
But we understand you'll grab anything to deflect from all the bad news...
And I wouldn't attend anymore World Series games...
Blacklabel
Dem 2020 candidates in particular are just so sour, cranky and petty. Twist themselves into knots to attack on every issue or make backhanded compliments. Voters will show once again that “I hate trump” isn’t a sufficient policy platform.
bass4funk
Correct, I feel the same with Obama and OBL.
Just like with the Obama pullout.
In a State where he won 2%....not a surprise at all, let that be Florida or Texas, Hillary’s name would have been uttered. Lol
Blacklabel
As I said yesterday a bunch of DC swamp creatures booing the president during Americas game the day we killed the leader of ISIS-bad optics.
was all part of the plan.
plays very well in middle America to support re-election. Even some of your liberal commentators and a Dem senator said it was a bad idea. But you just attacked them as well for being correct.
Jimizo
Like Trump was with Obama when Bin Laden was killed.
Was Trump promoting birtherism at that time too?
lincolnman
Unlike our President who never praises white supremacists, says a US city is infested, or calls a former staffer "a dog"...
Trumpers latest spin: Mexico is paying for the wall by giving us free tacos...
Just ruined alliances, widespread corruption, needless trade wars, love-fests with dictators, and....a quid-pro-quo...
Good - thank you for being consistent (on this one)...
Dodge - the Kurds gave us the intel and assisted in the operation - and Trump abandoned them.
State? Is DC now a state?
Toasted Heretic
Why did Trump have to lie about the mission, though? First he gives the intel to the Russians (according to news reports) rather than the House, and then he makes up a narrative about al-Baghdadi's last moments.
All very "Wag the Dog" and shady business, indeed.
starpunk
Collaborating Traitor Trump is unworthy of any praise or credit for the success of this operation! He turned his back on the Kurds and they helped the US military nonetheless. Traitor Trump betrayed the Kurds just like he has betrayed American troops. The American troops did all the dirty work and should get all the credit. 'Support the troops' should be MORE than a stupid jingoistic dumbskull commercial slogan.
TALLY
US Armed Forces: 1
Trump Chump the Traitor: 0
ulysses
Apparently the Generals kept Donny in the dark about the raid till the last moment, they were scared he'd leak the information to his Russian buddies.
Despite that Donny couldn't wait to give credit to the Russians!!!
bass4funk
He never did or please show verbatim where he said that specifically.
Apparently, you’ve never been to Baltimore.
So in other words continue the Washington swamp status quo.
Check YouTube: Joe Biden, can’t beat the brag and oh, that smile.
Oh, by the way, what are the Dems foreign policy regarding the ME? Ahhh, that's right, they don’t have one. But Warren to her credit doesn’t want to be bogged down on the ME as well. If anything she and Bernie are aligned with Trump, good to know.
bass4funk
No, he wasn’t, why would he be. He won’t that State by 2% so it’s predictable. He definitely was n crooked Hillary’s backyard for sure.
Toasted Heretic
The public knows better, they won't fall for his distractions. Or his attempts to take credit for everything. It must be tough for the parking cone with emotional issues to witness such discontent. And let's not forget, he couldn't let the operation go without telling lies about it.
Toasted Heretic
Still banging that drum? He called them very fine people.
Once more, here's plenty of examples of his racist utterings and doings over the decades
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12270880/donald-trump-racist-racism-history
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/trump-racism-comments/588067/
http://democracyincolor.com/recordofracism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/22/trumps-grotesque-racism-matters/
One can only wonder at the reasoning behind downplaying the man's inherent bigotry.
bass4funk
Neither will Barr or Durham.
Funny, liberals having a meltdown over how Trump explained this. Liberals need to get their emotions under control, lose the liberal partisan rhetoric and focus on Al-Baghdadi is no more and the world is a much better, safer and happier place.
There was nothing where he said, he praised, loved, admire or worship “White supremacist.” Unless you can he said those exact words, you guys have nothing put theoretical partisan accusations.
lincolnman
See above.
Whether I've been there or not is irrelevant - patriotic Americans don't call their cities by those names, which is also a racial dog whistle. Nor call former female staffers dogs...no class.
Stop doing Putin's wish list.
Dodge - thanks for agreeing with me.
So how did DC get to be a state?
bass4funk
it is, because if you have been there then you would know that it is worse than what people actually say or how they describe it.
No patriotic Americans understand the difference between a sprawling, pristine an upright city, low crime, it’s something that’s high crime., degraded and impoverished or crime ridden with violence,
Biden couldn’t make a better straightforward video, Lincoln
with them purely whites.
https://youtu.be/UXA--dj2-CY
lincolnman
So? Doesn't mean you have to insult your fellow Americans and cave to white supremacists with racial dog whistles.
Its an insult you'd expect Putin, Kim or the Mullahs to say about America - would you agree with them if they said it?
For the third time - when did DC become a state?
bass4funk
We will remember that when we come across a bunch of fascist Antifa members.
Let’s not get sidetracked, the point is anyone that has been to Baltimore and how it’s been running as if it’s a wonderful place to raise a family. Not one liberal that jumped over the President for those justified comments would ever set foot and relocate there, not one and I wouldn’t blame them, but check the hyper partisan at the door.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/19/dc-statehood-congress-considering-washington-51st-state/2361708001/