A big victory for the United States, Donald Trump and the war on terrorism.
What Happen?
On Saturday night, sixty members of the U.S. military including Army Rangers and Delta Force swooped in on a compound in Syria based on the tip from a Kurdish spy. The target was the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The plan was in the works for weeks and al-Baghdadi was under surveillance. The military knew he was there.
Six helicopters stormed the compound. al-Baghdadi, with his two wives and some of his kids, tried to escape through a tunnel. He was with three of his children. Seeing that he was not going to escape and not wanting to be captured, al-Baghdadi set off a suicide vest he was wearing, killing himself and the three children he was with (who were also wearing suicide vests). It’s rumored that the explosion was caught on camera and can be seen in the video below but it has not been confirmed.
There wasn’t much left of al-Baghdadi, as you can imagine, and the tunnel collapsed from the explosion, but DNA did identify him. President Trump made the following statement and it was a strong one.
This is a guy they have been hunting for a few years. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-states-al-baghdadi-was-whimpering-and-crying-before-death-in-u-s-operation-he-died-like-a-coward
https://www.dailywire.com/news/defense-officials-release-shocking-details-of-al-baghdadi-raid-six-helicopters-50-70-members-of-delta-forcehttps://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-president-trump-confirms-death-of-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadihttps://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-isis-leader-killed-in-trump-authorized-military-raid
Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi was born in 1973 in Iraq. He was a quiet kid, non-threatening and quiet with few friends. He did not do particularly well in school. He had to take his high school exams twice in order to retrieve his certificate. His high school grades were not good enough to study science and law in college. Instead, he studies the Koran and Islamist law. Many saw him as non violent.
It is rumored that he became radicalized while serving as a cleric in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The United States invaded after the 9/11 attacks and he was arrested. He was held for a time but was eventually released because the United States did not see him as a threat.
In 2010, al-Baghdadi was announced as the leader of ISI (Islamic State of Iraq) after the death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. ISI was a sub-group of Osama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda. Upon the death of Bin Laden, al-Baghdadi started a series of attacks. There are way too many to go over. Look at the wikipedia article. In all, al-Baghdadi was responsible for ordering terrorist attacks that caused more than 2000 deaths.
When the United States left Iraq under Obama and the lack of leadership and weakening of Al Qaeda due to Bin Laden’s death, ISI expanded it’s grip on Iraq and spread to Syria. That brought to life the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). That was 2013.
The rest is history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
The Reaction
So you know that this can’t be a celebrated accomplishment by everyone in the United States. You know, kind of like it was when Obama authorized the killing of Osama Bin Laden. I hated Obama but thought he did a great job authorizing bin Laden’s death. The problem the Left is having is finding something to be pissed about.
Oh, here’s one. Trump didn’t alert Congress. He kept the operation close to the vest. Here’s what Adam “i don’t give a” Schiff said:
“In terms of notifying the Gang of Eight, that wasn’t done. Look, the reason to notify the Gang of Eight is frankly more important when things go wrong. If — the president said it was dangerous flying in. The Russians could have shot down American planes. Had this escalated, had something gone wrong, had we gotten into a firefight with the Russians, it’s to the administration’s advantage to be able to say, ‘We informed Congress we were going in, they were aware of the risks. We at least gave them the chance to provide feedback.’ That wasn’t done here. I think that’s a mistake.”
BS!
Trump didn’t alert Congress because of the leaking that has been going on. He didn’t want this operation getting to the ears of the enemy and then having dead soldiers because the ISIS leader knew it was coming. This is the leakiest administration in U.S. history. Adam Schiff is the greatest culprit. He’s like a badly manufactured Depends diaper. He leaks all over the place.
And these people don’t care if military people die as long as it makes Trump look bad. You think if this escalated, Schiff would have defended Trump? Come on, man!
Not to mention, Trump doesn’t need to report this to Congress. Congress already authorized a $25 million reward for this guy, dead or alive. Trump just saved us $25 million (no, he didn’t in reality).
But that wasn’t the biggest screw up.
The Washington Post Initially posted the headline:
“Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State’s ‘terrorist-in-chief,’ dies at 48.”
Mind you, this is bad. It makes it sound like he died of a peanut allergy not a coordinated attack by the U.S. military, taking Trump and the military completely out of it.
When Obama had Bin Laden killed, it was made out that Obama went to Pakistan and killed Bin Laden himself with a butter knife. No, he did exactly what Trump did. He approved the operation and the military, the real heroes, killed this sack of trash.
But I digress.
The point is that the description of a radical Islamist terrorist is racist. So they change the headline describing him as an “austere religious scholar at the helm of the Islamic State.”
This is a man who ran a terror organization that killed thousands. He has kidnapped am American woman, tortured and raped her before she died under unknown circumstances and he blew himself up along with three of his kids.
This is not a good guy. I’m surprised that the Washington Post gives a damn about what they are going to call this filthy animal or any of the animals he controls.
Finally, serial liar and former Obama adviser, Susan Rice, complained that Trump never attempted to contact the former president before the attack. She said that it was customary that a President contact his predecessor when an operation of this magnitude is going to take place. I say so what? Obama had a shot to kill this guy and rescue some of the hostages he was holding. He decided to wait seven weeks before attacking an empty compound and letting those hostages continue to be tortured and, eventually, killed. He doesn’t deserve a thing.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-didnt-notify-pelosi-other-leaders-before-raid-on-isis-leader
https://www.dailywire.com/news/58280
https://www.dailywire.com/news/susan-rice-complains-that-trump-should-have-informed-obama-about-killing-isis-leader