White House: Yemen Raid Will Undergo 3 Reviews But 'Achieved Its Objectives'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published FEBRUARY 27, 2017, 2:47 PM EDT

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that a counter-terrorism operation that resulted in the first combat casualty of President Donald Trump's term will undergo three reviews, but that the administration is "very comfortable with how the mission was executed."

"There will be three reviews done by the Department of Defense because of the nature of this," Spicer told reporters during his daily press briefing.

"It is standard operating procedure for the Department of Defense to undergo what they call a 15-6 review," he said, apparently referring to Army Regulation 15-6. "That review, in this case, is three-pronged because there was a fatality and the loss of life, there's that; because there were civilians involved, that's another; and then third is because there is hardware, a helicopter that was damaged."

Spicer said that the White House is "very comfortable with how the mission was executed." He also said that the raid "was successful in helping prevent a future attack or attacks on this nation."

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/spicer-yemen-raid-three-reviews

[Pantagruel]

1. 'Achieved Its Objectives'

The big lie!
We know the main target escaped the raid so the primary objective failed.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. All right

We are just a tad over one month since the Corporate Coup. Now the real shape of this Authoritarian Government seems to be in place. Orwell's Spoof of Stalin is now in place.

Statements like we will win Wars,Health Care is Complicated,In like Military people who don't get captured. I watch military films in High School,you got to be kidding.

Noticed this POS kicked out the Democratic Governors this morning from a Presser. Unity?

[elmac]

3. Achieved Its Objectives?

so I guess if someone craps their pants that Achieved Its Objectives to, but makes one hell of a mess.

[yellowcanine]

4. "Mission Accomplished!"

[Solly Mack]

5. He also said...the raid "was successful in helping prevent a future attack or attacks on this nation

How? Precisely?

The primary target got away - therefore the primary objective failed. So, achieved its objectives how?

The Navy SEAL raid in Yemen last week had a secret objective — the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who survived and is now taunting President Donald Trump in an audio message.

Military and intelligence officials told NBC News the goal of the massive operation was to capture or kill Qassim al-Rimi, considered the third most dangerous terrorist in the world and a master recruiter.

But while one SEAL, 14 al Qaeda fighters and some civilians, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed during a firefight, al-Rimi is still alive and in Yemen, multiple military officials said.

[miyazaki]

6. They just brush it off with something that sounds good to them.

Add it to the pile of they don't even know what they're saying anymore. They're literally blind, deaf, and dumb.

[heaven05]

7. Bullshit!!!

fuck off spicer...

[Demsrule86]

8. If you objective was to kill a Navy Seal...wound three other Seals and kill 30 + civilians , I guess

you could say it was 'successful. It is about what I would expect from Trump.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Success? Such a success that they bragged about capturing a video that had been on line for several

Success? Such a success that they bragged about capturing a video that had been on line for several years.

Trump's incompetent plan killed Chief Owens.