Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Oct 19, 2017, 01:44 AM Oct 2017

3

What happened in Niger?

Why were they out there unprotected?

Link to tweet

3 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

What happened in Niger? (Original Post) SHRED Oct 2017 OP

No one knows.... BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #1

Time to get out of Niger Not Ruth Oct 2017 #2

Same thing that happened in Yemen... kentuck Oct 2017 #3

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)

1. No one knows....

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 01:49 AM

Oct 2017

Distraction/diversion is all I got as far as an explanation goes so far. Some sort of ISIS attack???????????

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)

2. Time to get out of Niger

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 07:40 AM

Oct 2017

kentuck

(111,089 posts)

3. Same thing that happened in Yemen...

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 07:54 AM

Oct 2017

Our troops were ambushed and over-whelmed. It was mostly due to poor planning and preparation and decision making by the Commander in Chief.

Reply to this discussion

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»What happened in Niger?