Commander in chief who just conducted a very significant counterterrorism raid, he appropriately lavished praise on intelligence and military professionals who conducted the complex operation. but the rest of it was sort of unnecessary. and i think could potentially undermine the ability to get allies in to fight with us against isis on the resurgence because of president trump s policies. jonathan swan, the president wanted to remind everyone that in his view, baghdadi was bigger than bin laden. to paraphrase, bin laden was only important because he knocked down those buildings. he had to insist on that. he had to insist that this raid was bigger, more consequential, more important. what value from this military action, and let s be gross, in terms of news cycles, will this white house receive? well, if history is any guide, look at what happened to obama, received a momentary
Was. we re going to set it in a broader strategic contrast. contrast with the president s remarks yesterday, they were okay, but there were clear moments where he wanted to do a big victory dance, wanted to hot dog it a little bit, amp the rhetor rhetoric, unbecoming of commander in chief who just conducted a very significant counterterrorism raid, he appropriately lavished praise on intelligence and military professionals who conducted the complex operation. but the rest of it was sort of unnecessary. and i think could potentially undermine the ability to get allies in to fight with us againstis whi isis on the resur because of president trump s policies. jonathan swan, the president wanted to remind everyone that in his view, baghdadi was bigger than bin laden. to paraphrase, bin laden was only important because he knocked down those buildings. he had to insist on that. he had to insist that this raid was bigger, more consequential, more important.
Rhetoric, unbecoming of commander in chief who just conducted a very significant counterterrorism raid, he appropriately lavished praise on intelligence and military professionals who conducted the complex operation. but the rest of it was sort of unnecessary. and i think could potentially undermine the ability to get allies in to fight with us against isis on the resurgence because of president trump s policies. jonathan swan, the president wanted to remind everyone that in his view, baghdadi was bigger than bin laden. to paraphrase, bin laden was only important because he knocked down those buildings. he had to insist on that. he had to insist that this raid was bigger, more consequential, more important. what value from this military action, and let s be gross, in terms of news cycles, will this white house receive? well, if history is any guide, look at what happened to obama, received a momentary
We saw play out in say the paris attacks and there is, as you say, this concern about the connection between criminality and radicalization. it s a growing question, a growing problem for officials here in europe in terms of what more they can do about that. all right. erin mclaughlin, thank you for that report. the top commander in afghanistan says he may request additional troops in the coming year to assist afghan forces, army john campbell maintaining 10,000 troops conducting counterterrorism raid is vital. campbell says the planned troop reduction by january 2017 should be put off as long as possible american spies reportedly keeping their eyes and ears on israeli, according to wall street journal. the u.s. intercepted communications between benjamin netanyahu and his aids as well as conversations with members of
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