Iran Fires Rockets Close To US Carrier

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(12-30-2015, 08:11 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Seriously?  There are a thousand ways something like that could go badly.  Unconsciously you're denigrating the accomplishments of the men who planned and pulled off this mission.  
 

Such as...........?

They flew in at night, and it was just a quick in and out job.

Wasn't like there was time for them to alert an entire army that we were there and then deploy people to stop us.

There was the military academy a mile or so away, but there was no phones or access to the outside world from the compound to make contact with them.  The compound was isolated.

Quote:Perhaps you'd care to elaborate because generalities don't really go far towards proving your point.

He set red lines a few different times, such as telling Syria not to move or use chemical weapons, but then acting slowly or not at all on the threat, which makes them believe that they can do whatever.  

He let Iran into Syria and didn't even check them from backing Assad and has been indecisive in everything, so the world thinks we're cowards and they know Obama won't do anything.

Last year or so, he called ISIS a "JV team" and basically said that they wouldn't be any trouble.  We saw how that worked out.

He started to pull out of Iraq and it started collapsing.

There's a few.