Oh Press Sec Spicer, you might be the first member of the new administration to quit because you really stink at the spin cycle. Trying to deflect the death of Navy SEAL CPO David Owens, lost military equipment plus innocent civilians killed in the Yemeni raid on President Barry because that plan was hatched under his administration even though current President Donnie signed off on it is a new low – PB/TK
Trump Effort To Pin Botched Yemen Raid On Barack Obama Falters – Feb 2, 2017
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s first overseas operation as commander in chief, a botched raid that led to the death of an American serviceman and significant civilian casualties, was never approved by former President Barack Obama before he left office, two top former national security officials said on Thursday.
The comments from Colin Kahl, the national security adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden, and Ned Price, a former White House spokesman, came after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tried to deflect blame by saying Obama’s team had approved the plan.
The attack involved several dozen U.S. commandos belonging to the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 storming the stronghold of an al Qaeda leader in central Yemen early Sunday morning, according to reports in Reuters and the New York Times. With the complex better fortified than expected, the Americans and allied troops from the United Arab Emirates were soon engaged in a firefight and forced to call in air support. Ultimately, Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens and scores of Yemenis were killed, two Americans were wounded and a $70 million U.S. aircraft had to be deliberately destroyed.
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