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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I agree. I have a son in the Army. While I weep for this parent, and any parent who loses a child during a military operation, it is one of the risks. Service members also die during training missions. It is simply a risk of the job. My son knows this, as do we, his parents. It is a tough reality, and difficult. But, our son knew the risks when he chose this as his job and so did we.
I don't think the "timing" of this mission has anything to do with any EO Trump issued. It has everything to do with having darkness. No full moon.
The military evaluates every mission after the fact. Training missions and actual missions. Perhaps they need to share their evaluation with this grieving father.

It's good you think your son'.s life is expendable and not worthy of a basic investigation to determine a screw up

DoD will be conducting three investigations on this operation, because

1) the casualty
2) loss of equipment
3) operation like this requires a mandatory assessment/investigation.

Will these satisfy your "basic" requirement?

[Anonymous]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/yemen-seal-raid-yielded-no-significant-intelligence-say-officials-n726451

Yemen raid was a bust from intelligence perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Libs only care about the Mil when they can use it to make a R look bad.

There are plenty of liberals in uniform and plenty who love someone in uniform. Quit politicizing the military and show them ALL some respect.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:Libs only care about the Mil when they can use it to make a R look bad.

Given all the investigations of BENGHAZI and the professed love of cons for US diplomats, I would expect all sorts of howling from cons about Trump's plans to cut the State Department budget. But, the silence among cons suggests that they only love diplomats when they can use them to make Ds look bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Libs only care about the Mil when they can use it to make a R look bad.

That's a lie.

That's one of the things people don't understand about most liberals. Of course there's a bit of hypocrisy here that liberals have a problem with but hypocrisy is the cornerstone of conservative Republican philosophy. We care when people die. We care about things that happen to others even if they aren't happening to us. Our political goal is not simply to piss off the right. It is to advance and protect human rights which benefits all humans. We care when cops shoot people AND when people shoot cops (can you wrap your heads around that one?). We realize cops are people too. You might not believe it but we think America is great in many ways and are dismayed to put it mildly watching all those things that make this country great casually dismantled by obvious con-artists. Your fear has always been manufactured. Our fear is real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Libs only care about the Mil when they can use it to make a R look bad.

That's a lie.

That's one of the things people don't understand about most liberals. Of course there's a bit of hypocrisy here that liberals have a problem with but hypocrisy is the cornerstone of conservative Republican philosophy. We care when people die. We care about things that happen to others even if they aren't happening to us. Our political goal is not simply to piss off the right. It is to advance and protect human rights which benefits all humans. We care when cops shoot people AND when people shoot cops (can you wrap your heads around that one?). We realize cops are people too. You might not believe it but we think America is great in many ways and are dismayed to put it mildly watching all those things that make this country great casually dismantled by obvious con-artists. Your fear has always been manufactured. Our fear is real.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A month in and the Trump Administration is a colossal failure!

Go back to predicting that Hillary was going to win.

Yes, they should review this mission. I'm a military parent, and I'm sad for this father's loss. I wouldn't judge him grieving for his son or any of his reactions. I did think Hillary's use of a gold star family was manipulative during the election, but Trump was stupid to engage that controversy. I would welcome an investigation.

Mr Khan looked like he was all in, to borrow from Petraeus.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Libs only care about the Mil when they can use it to make a R look bad.

That's a lie.

That's one of the things people don't understand about most liberals. Of course there's a bit of hypocrisy here that liberals have a problem with but hypocrisy is the cornerstone of conservative Republican philosophy. We care when people die. We care about things that happen to others even if they aren't happening to us. Our political goal is not simply to piss off the right. It is to advance and protect human rights which benefits all humans. We care when cops shoot people AND when people shoot cops (can you wrap your heads around that one?). We realize cops are people too. You might not believe it but we think America is great in many ways and are dismayed to put it mildly watching all those things that make this country great casually dismantled by obvious con-artists. Your fear has always been manufactured. Our fear is real.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Libs only care about the Mil when they can use it to make a R look bad.

That's a lie.

That's one of the things people don't understand about most liberals. Of course there's a bit of hypocrisy here that liberals have a problem with but hypocrisy is the cornerstone of conservative Republican philosophy. We care when people die. We care about things that happen to others even if they aren't happening to us. Our political goal is not simply to piss off the right. It is to advance and protect human rights which benefits all humans. We care when cops shoot people AND when people shoot cops (can you wrap your heads around that one?). We realize cops are people too. You might not believe it but we think America is great in many ways and are dismayed to put it mildly watching all those things that make this country great casually dismantled by obvious con-artists. Your fear has always been manufactured. Our fear is real.

And PS, We're as sick and tired of being called elitist intellectual libtards as Trump supporters are of being called racist idiot misogynists. However, when in Rome........

[Anonymous]

Why did the wife agree to go when the FIL has clear convictions on her husband / his son's death?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did the wife agree to go when the FIL has clear convictions on her husband / his son's death?

Because sometimes people have different opinions in the same family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why did the wife agree to go when the FIL has clear convictions on her husband / his son's death?

Because sometimes people have different opinions in the same family.

+1

My heart goes out to all of them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A month in and the Trump Administration is a colossal failure!

Go back to predicting that Hillary was going to win.

Yes, they should review this mission. I'm a military parent, and I'm sad for this father's loss. I wouldn't judge him grieving for his son or any of his reactions. I did think Hillary's use of a gold star family was manipulative during the election, but Trump was stupid to engage that controversy. I would welcome an investigation.

Mr Khan looked like he was all in, to borrow from Petraeus.....

Trump blamed the military for Ryan's death! That is beyond the pale. Utterly disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A month in and the Trump Administration is a colossal failure!

Go back to predicting that Hillary was going to win.

Yes, they should review this mission. I'm a military parent, and I'm sad for this father's loss. I wouldn't judge him grieving for his son or any of his reactions. I did think Hillary's use of a gold star family was manipulative during the election, but Trump was stupid to engage that controversy. I would welcome an investigation.

Mr Khan looked like he was all in, to borrow from Petraeus.....

Trump blamed the military for Ryan's death! That is beyond the pale. Utterly disgusting.

Military supporters of DJT blow my mind. Look at what he did to the Khan family. Look how he treated McCain and pissed all over POW's who "get caught." Look at how he abrogates all responsibility by publicly throwing generals under the bus. Look at how he compares us to Russia (!!!)

Some of this mil families are truly brainwashed.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:NBC is reporting that no serious intelligence was found during the raid. If true, that means the Administration lied. That should be worth at least half a dozen Congressional investigations.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/yemen-seal-raid-yielded-no-significant-intelligence-say-officials-n726451

Isn't this counter to what Trump said in his speech to Congress last night?