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2019-10-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Overnight attack that killed Al-Baghdadi raises many questions

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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#1 Lots of dumb questions. The US got the intel on the guy and acted on it. Disinformation helps. Read Sun Tzu again. And al Baghdadi is still dead.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-10-28 00:39|| 2019-10-28 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 In my opinion, these are questions the answers to which are best left to the public imagination. How who knew what and what placed whom where ?

One word - Spooks. Salute.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-28 03:46|| 2019-10-28 03:46|| Front Page Top

#3 When you don't know why actions are taken, they can seem "erratic". Only an idiot decides they know everything and thus "erratic" represents the other guys stupidity.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-10-28 04:33|| 2019-10-28 04:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Or was everyone in the dark? How could US helicopters operate so close to Turkey’s border and not trigger Ottoman Turkish air defense, unless Turkey was in the loop? Did the helicopters fly from Incirlik or from another base?

Bin Laden raid redux. Please, no more questions.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-28 04:51|| 2019-10-28 04:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Almost certainly the helicopters were loaded in Israel.

Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-10-28 09:01|| 2019-10-28 09:01|| Front Page Top

#6 No more questions. Thank you.
Now on to the next. Find and eliminate Bagdadi's successor, the "Destroyer."

Posted by Lex 2019-10-28 10:02|| 2019-10-28 10:02|| Front Page Top

#7 All those questions are bull. The big questions are: When will the boys be home and where can we meet to buy them all shots of Jack!

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-10-28 13:34|| 2019-10-28 13:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Good thing nobody is asking about the Quaid Class Tunneling Transports.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-10-28 17:41|| 2019-10-28 17:41|| Front Page Top

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