Sooooooo AQ in Yemen ... KNEW.... the SEALs were coming? Am I understanding this right?

[uponit7771]

Knew like in they were nearly down to a person prepared, women and men were armed and the outside mines were armed?

An MV-22 was shot down*, the SEALs to heavy heavy fire enough for four of them to catch some serious lead?


Hmmmm, I'll say it... someone inside let AQ know they were coming ... this is what the KGOP gets for colluding with the Russians.


*Military calls these events "crash landings" because that's what Americans spend 30 billion dollars per machine for them to do... NOT...These things just don't "crash land" in operation unless it was shot at.

[DetlefK]

1. The V-22 always had a bad reputation for mechanical failures and crashes.

Wouldn't be surprised if that was simply bad luck during the mission.

Whether Al-Qaeda was forewarned... if they had enough active guards, they could have kept the SEALs busy until the rest of them was armed.

[uponit7771]

8. That was 10 years ago, if they're still having anything close to those issues they shouldn't

... make it operational.

Bad luck effects those the most who are ill prepared... Benedict Donald said he doesn't read intel

[Demonaut]

2. 30 billion?...whatever

[uponit7771]

9. 60? Its too much for an operational machine to be that unreliable... it was shot down

[HoneyBadger]

3. Osprey is very vulnerable during transitions

[KittyWampus]

4. He's got an unsecured telephone. They all do.

[justiceischeap]

7. This right here.

But also, this is what happens when you use old Intel, when you miss briefings, when you're more concerned with doing the opposite of the previous President just to be contrary, and when you rush in without solid new Intel.

[QC]

12. +2

[uponit7771]

13. +1, His dumb ass prayed for Schwarzengers ratings this morning... no seriously !!

[uponit7771]

10. +1, this... thank you !!!!

[Lucinda]

5. KNR

[still_one]

6. The only thing being reported is that he rushed the mission without sufficient ground support

[uponit7771]

11. It was on MJ that AQ Knew the SEALs were coming and had everyone armed including the

.... ouside mines and some of the perimater defenses enough to be able to shoot down the Osprey which we all know isn't going to land within sight and sound of the compound