Wry Catcher
Diamond Member
- Banned
- #1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/...trump-yemen-commando-raid-questions.html?_r=0
Yemen Aftermath: Trump's First Military Raid Continues To Raise Questions
Where is the outrage, and why is Trump coated in Teflon by his supporters, the same people who vilified HRC for the attack on our Mission in Libya?
Of course this is only one of the many examples of right wing Republican hypocrisy / dishonesty and partisanship on steroids - albeit a noteworthy one.
Consider how President Carter dealt with another tragedy:
"On April 24, 1980, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the 52 American hostages held in Tehran ends with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued.
"With the Iran Hostage Crisis stretching into its sixth month and all diplomatic appeals to the Iranian government ending in failure, President Jimmy Carter ordered the military mission as a last ditch attempt to save the hostages. During the operation, three of eight helicopters failed, crippling the crucial airborne plans. The mission was then canceled at the staging area in Iran, but during the withdrawal one of the retreating helicopters collided with one of six C-130 transport planes, killing eight soldiers and injuring five. The next day, a somber Jimmy Carter gave a press conference in which he took full responsibility for the tragedy. The hostages were not released for another 270 days"
Yemen Aftermath: Trump's First Military Raid Continues To Raise Questions
Where is the outrage, and why is Trump coated in Teflon by his supporters, the same people who vilified HRC for the attack on our Mission in Libya?
Of course this is only one of the many examples of right wing Republican hypocrisy / dishonesty and partisanship on steroids - albeit a noteworthy one.
Consider how President Carter dealt with another tragedy:
"On April 24, 1980, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the 52 American hostages held in Tehran ends with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued.
"With the Iran Hostage Crisis stretching into its sixth month and all diplomatic appeals to the Iranian government ending in failure, President Jimmy Carter ordered the military mission as a last ditch attempt to save the hostages. During the operation, three of eight helicopters failed, crippling the crucial airborne plans. The mission was then canceled at the staging area in Iran, but during the withdrawal one of the retreating helicopters collided with one of six C-130 transport planes, killing eight soldiers and injuring five. The next day, a somber Jimmy Carter gave a press conference in which he took full responsibility for the tragedy. The hostages were not released for another 270 days"
