SDwaters Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Fox News The United States military has carried out a drone strike against an alleged ISIS-K "planner" following a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 13 American soldiers and at least 70 Afghans. If the intelligence to carry out this strike was available, why didn't Harris/Biden act pre-emptively and kill the snake before it could bite? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 2 hours ago, SDwaters said: Fox News The United States military has carried out a drone strike against an alleged ISIS-K "planner" following a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 13 American soldiers and at least 70 Afghans. If the intelligence to carry out this strike was available, why didn't Harris/Biden act pre-emptively and kill the snake before it could bite? 1. What makes you think this really was The Planner? 2. What makes you think it will make the slightest bit of difference? there are 29 guys waiting to take up the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDwaters Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 48 minutes ago, Valin said: 1. What makes you think this really was The Planner? Well, that's a very good point. This group claiming success isn't all that re-assuring. The difference it could have made (if they really got the right target) is that the attack might have been delayed and/or less deadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 3 hours ago, SDwaters said: Well, that's a very good point. This group claiming success isn't all that re-assuring. The difference it could have made (if they really got the right target) is that the attack might have been delayed and/or less deadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDwaters Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Listening between the lines, it seems from the Forbes clip that the strike was more about making a PR statement than doing actual damage to the terrorist organization. They have info on higher levels of the organization, but these two poked their heads up and Harris/Biden played whack-a-mole to appear to be "doing something". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 25 minutes ago, SDwaters said: Listening between the lines, it seems from the Forbes clip that the strike was more about making a PR statement than doing actual damage to the terrorist organization. They have info on higher levels of the organization, but these two poked their heads up and Harris/Biden played whack-a-mole to appear to be "doing something". You said it, I didn't. Notice I'm not disagreeing with you. The problem is there are Always plenty of people ready to step into the gap. Killing terrorists is A Good Thing. Still it does nothing to address The (Jihadist/Salafist/Khomeinist/Wahhabist) Ideology fueling the war. See "The Siege Of Meccha" Yaroslav Trofimov, "The Looming Tower" Lawrence Wright. for some background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDwaters Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Valin said: The problem is there are Always plenty of people ready to step into the gap. Killing terrorists is A Good Thing. Still it does nothing to address The (Jihadist/Salafist/Khomeinist/Wahhabist) Ideology fueling the war. Totally agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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