Trump gave the go ahead, and he's the CIN, so yeah, he gets the blame. But that's not the whole story and to pretend it's that simple is just partisan bullSh*t. There is plenty of blame to go around and it doesn't all fall on Trump much as some folks wish it did

"Spicer on Thursday stressed the raid was first conceived by the military under President Barack Obama's administration. According to a timeline he outlined, U.S. Central Command first submitted a plan to the Pentagon on Nov. 7, when defense legal teams vetted it. On Dec. 19, it was approved by the Defense Department and recommended by then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter to move ahead.

The national security staff at the White House approved it and convened a meeting on Jan. 6 of the National Security Council Deputies Committee – among the highest interagency organizations for national security issues – which approved the plan "so easily it was sent straight up," Spicer said.

The plan at the time called for a moonless night to carry out the raid, which would only happen next once Trump had become president, Spicer said."

Link: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-02-02/white-house-dea...

Also: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/317566-misplaced-blame-o...

Serowbot wrote on 02/28/17 at 11:39:13:


Well, that certainly adds a lot of valuable insight to the subject at hand.

Unless of course the subject at hand is "TRUMP SUCKS" and nothing else needs to be discussed.

I was just pointing out that the twitter twit has no difficulty saying HE took charge and attacked Obamacare: yet is stuttering when, in the same time frame he inherited a mission concept that theoretically, he gave the ok to proceed on.

Can you imagine, an hour and one half for the state of the union.  I'd rather just run an hour and one half tape of Ali claiming "I am the greatest" which, in of itself, would only increase the pain my toothache is giving me.