Yemen withdraws permission for US Special Ops missions

[Lemon Drop]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world...sions.html

Way to build cooperation and trust in the "War on Terror" Donald Trump.


WASHINGTON — Angry at the civilian casualties incurred last month in the first commando raid authorized by President Trump, Yemen has withdrawn permission for the United States to run Special Operations ground missions against suspected terrorist groups in the country, according to American officials.

Grisly photographs of children apparently killed in the crossfire of a 50-minute firefight during the raid caused outrage in Yemen. A member of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6, Chief Petty Officer William Owens, was also killed in the operation.

While the White House continues to insist that the attack was a “success” — a characterization it repeated on Tuesday — the suspension of commando operations is a setback for Mr. Trump, who has made it clear he plans to take a far more aggressive approach against Islamic militants.

[OWC Jamie]

The 8 year silenced anti-war voices begin to croak once more.
Hypocrites.

[NewtonMP2100]

....everything he does makes like harder for U.S. and everything that had been built up over the many hundreds of years......he wipes it out with one gesture.....

[SteveG]

It's Yemen which has withdrawn permission, bill.

The U.S. politics involved are the same strange muddle they always are when dealing with the Middle East. There are no good options in the Muslim Middle East.

[Lux Interior]

At least Obama would listen to the generals.

Trump is smarter than all the generals, so expect more "successes" in the future.

[beagledave]

billb wrote:
The 8 year silenced anti-war voices begin to croak once more.
Hypocrites.

You really are a special kind of snowflake, aren't you?

[$tevie]

Yemen was and is a fiasco. I don't think Obama handled it right, although I can't see Trump handling it any way but worse.

[hal]

To be honest, I didn't even know we had permission.