Slain SEAL's dad wants answers: "Don't hide behind my son's death"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course he's angry! I would expect that. Now if he (a) blames it on a video and jails someone innocent and (b) tells the parents lies about stand-down orders, we can talk.

They said the op was approved by Obama and they were just waiting for a night with no moon. I know that is wrong.

Yes, that is wrong information. The Obama Administration never approved this mission. Trump has American blood on his hands.

Who was the last American president who didn't? I do believe you would have to go past FDR.

[Anonymous]

Let's not argue about whether it was Obama's "thing" or Trump's "thing". Let's get the answers that the dad wants. My God. He lost his son in service of our country. The least we can do is give him answers. If we don't do this, we dismiss the service that these young people are giving our country.

We would want the same for our children. I can't even imagine this and my heart goes out to this father. Let us show compassion to him. Let us show our best and give our best to him.

[Anonymous]

We make mistakes in the US, but the difference is that we own our mistakes and try to become better for them. This country belongs to the people. Investigate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course he's angry! I would expect that. Now if he (a) blames it on a video and jails someone innocent and (b) tells the parents lies about stand-down orders, we can talk.

They said the op was approved by Obama and they were just waiting for a night with no moon. I know that is wrong.

Yes, that is wrong information. The Obama Administration never approved this mission. Trump has American blood on his hands.

I don't get it. This move was developed under the Obama administration. Trump signed off, but it was indeed developed prior to Trump taking office.

Maybe - had Obama been in office - the final sign off would not have occurred. But at this point, I can't see how American blood is only on Trump's hands. I feel for anyone who's lost a child to war. So I'm not fully supporting O or T. But what's fair is fair.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/yemen-raid-trump-obama/
How Donald Trump's first military action went from the Obama White House to deadly raid

(a) The op was never approved by the Obama administration, because it was a bad op.

(b) Trump didn't actually sign off. It was Bannon and Kushner

[Anonymous]

Trump's spokeswoman this morning told ABS the president will be on board for an investigation.

This village was guarded by landmine and heavily armed militias. It's no surprising we had casualties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump's spokeswoman this morning told ABS the president will be on board for an investigation.

This village was guarded by landmine and heavily armed militias. It's no surprising we had casualties.

Why didn't we know this? Bad judgment call from an idiotic man, that's why.

[Anonymous]

http://www.salon.com/2017/02/03/former-obama-official-deadly-yemen-raid-wasnt-planned-under-obamas-watch/

https://sputniknews.com/us/201702031050296089-nsc-obama-not-consider-yemen-raid/

But I agree with the PP that said assigning blame at this juncture is misguided. Let's focus on never losing American lives in these efforts. That also means that the POTUS needs to have a staff that doesn't consider our troops to be cubes on a Risk board.

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile thousands of service members and civilians have been killed from Iraq to Afghanistan and Yemen, but no one demands an investigation of their deaths, even when they were the result of 'friendly fire.'

Any death is tragic and horrible, but this was a service member rather than a diplomatic security or CIA officer who was killed. When you take the military oath, you take a different level of risk.

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile thousands of service members and civilians have been killed from Iraq to Afghanistan and Yemen, but no one demands an investigation of their deaths, even when they were the result of 'friendly fire.'

Any death is tragic and horrible, but this was a service member rather than a diplomatic security or CIA officer who was killed. When you take the military oath, you take a different level of risk.

Not true. Others have demanded investigations. The military oath does not mean that your death is meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trump's spokeswoman this morning told ABS the president will be on board for an investigation.

This village was guarded by landmine and heavily armed militias. It's no surprising we had casualties.

It was apparently surprising to the team. The mission did not go as planned, at all.

[Anonymous]

I'm not even the dad and I want answers. I don't want more young people to die in such "missions".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump's spokeswoman this morning told ABS the president will be on board for an investigation.

This village was guarded by landmine and heavily armed militias. It's no surprising we had casualties.

Why didn't we know this? Bad judgment call from an idiotic man, that's why.

This operation was in the planning for almost a year. I am sure they knew it was heavily guarded. Are you suggesting we should never take any risks in military operation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course he's angry! I would expect that. Now if he (a) blames it on a video and jails someone innocent and (b) tells the parents lies about stand-down orders, we can talk.

They said the op was approved by Obama and they were just waiting for a night with no moon. I know that is wrong.

Yes, that is wrong information. The Obama Administration never approved this mission. Trump has American blood on his hands.

I don't get it. This move was developed under the Obama administration. Trump signed off, but it was indeed developed prior to Trump taking office.

Maybe - had Obama been in office - the final sign off would not have occurred. But at this point, I can't see how American blood is only on Trump's hands. I feel for anyone who's lost a child to war. So I'm not fully supporting O or T. But what's fair is fair.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/yemen-raid-trump-obama/
How Donald Trump's first military action went from the Obama White House to deadly raid

But one thing is certain: The mission would not have occurred one day after a Muslim ban -- a decision which the SEAL's dad is rightly calling into question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump's spokeswoman this morning told ABS the president will be on board for an investigation.

This village was guarded by landmine and heavily armed militias. It's no surprising we had casualties.

Why didn't we know this? Bad judgment call from an idiotic man, that's why.

This operation was in the planning for almost a year. I am sure they knew it was heavily guarded. Are you suggesting we should never take any risks in military operation?

No. The dad is suggesting it should never have happened the day after the so-called President instituted a Muslim ban.

[Anonymous]

The bad part of all of this is that Trump tweeted about a TV appearance while the raid was in process. And then deleted it later.. The CIC was not in the situation room for the first military action of his administration, but rather in the residence (so not doing other important POTUS stuff). At 6:00 pm. Let that sink in.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/317605-white-house-offers-timeline-on-deadly-raid-in-yemen

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-yemen-raid-twitter_us_58ae0acbe4b057efdce8c07c