Trump says he's "proud" of "very successful job" the military did with the use of 'The Mother of All
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JUST IN: Trump says he's "proud" of "very successful job" the military did with the use of 'The Mother of All Bombs'
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Ughh! Trump says he authorized "my military"
Freethinker65
(10,009 posts)"Now watch this drive"
niyad
(113,259 posts)tenorly
(2,037 posts)katmondoo
(6,454 posts)so far no one has said
heaven05
(18,124 posts)his testicles are?
hack89
(39,171 posts)the US and Afgan military has been trying to eradicate them for several years.
xor
(1,204 posts)taking out these twisted ISIS and ISIS-like folks isn't something I'm against. I just don't trust Trump and the people he put in charge of these things. Always feel like there are other motives for everything they do.
hack89
(39,171 posts)If it was on target it most likely did a lot of damage but bombing in the mountains is a tricky proposition. All the valleys and ravines limit the radius of damage - if ISIS had their base dispersed over a fairly wide area then it is unlikely that they suffered catastrophic damage.
xor
(1,204 posts)Neither Obama or Bush ever seemed to have used them. Which makes me suspicious of Trump's motives. Maybe they just wanted to try it out and they saw it as a place to do it due to few civilians in the area, aye?
you can't discount the psychological impact of such a weapon.
burrowowl
(17,638 posts)and eliminates breathable air within a radius of a mile or so while it burns.
hack89
(39,171 posts)It is not a FAE or thermobaric weapon. The explosive material is Tritonal, which is used in most US conventional bombs.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,325 posts)Have we used thermobarics in Afghanistan?
hack89
(39,171 posts)And it was a much smaller weapon at 2000 pounds. Thermobaric warheads are very common on small handheld anti-tank rockets and a lot if them have been fired. There is also a thermobaric version of the Hellfire helicopter launched missile.
burrowowl
(17,638 posts)just a blast weapon which does suck the air out.
hack89
(39,171 posts)Like every other conventional bomb. You will be little pieces well before you have to worry about lack of air.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,566 posts)was like wait! What?
heaven05
(18,124 posts)war prezident POS. I even hate the ignorant arrogance that always shows on that stupid looking face of a fucking neanderthal potus.....WWIII, here we come. Just hold on, we will catch up.
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)No babies.
No babies anywhere in the area.
Javaman
(62,517 posts)He doesn't care little american babies.
American babies kicked off of Obama care.
Nothing but a monster.
Initech
(100,063 posts)Remember - this is the party that claims that the murder of 20 school children was a false flag operation.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)the last time one of these suckers where used? That was Baghdad,how many thousands,heard stories from Marines who entered that later on.
This Stupid Idiot of a President just amped up the Global Threats. You know darn well there will be some Militant payback.
EX500rider
(10,839 posts)Vinca
(50,261 posts)EX500rider
(10,839 posts)I'd guess none?
atreides1
(16,072 posts)Was it possible that there might have been some villages in the area that was bombed?
EX500rider
(10,839 posts).....but I doubt a ISIS underground mountain base is near enough to any villages to cause damage.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)in the Syrian missile attack.
Another Trump fail.
It's crazy that these MFr's focus on killing to gain popularity. And it usually works.
petronius
(26,602 posts)military had more authority to do stuff on its own. So, successful (or 'exciting') outcomes will be for tRump's credit-stealing, and screw-ups are the military's fault...
packman
(16,296 posts)First a botched raid, then more troops in Syria, then bombing this and that, then Tomahawk missiles, now MO AB. Just wait till his approval rating reaches around 30% of so --
0rganism
(23,944 posts)very very extremely presidential, definitely the most awesomely presidential president ever! HUGE hands.
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)What else we got in the toy box!!??
Demtexan
(1,588 posts)You know asking using the big one.
To see the beautiful mushroom cloud.
What a sad ugly man.
And to hell to the people voted for him.
wendyb
(60 posts)If you listen closely, at some point he says,'my military'
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)stillsoleft
(80 posts)And was it beautiful, or just a 4
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)maybe urinal cake?
mac56
(17,566 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,145 posts)There was a universal dissatisfaction with the lack of destructive power from the 60 Tomahawk missiles that left an airfield intact enough to launch more attacks the same day. He can't handle being the "can't blow shit up" president after his arrangement with pootie left him looking anemic.
cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)because he is afraid they will turn on him if he doesnt keep feeding them more and more blood.
xor
(1,204 posts)and there weren't any civilians in the area. I don't want to be that "attack everything he does" sort of person, but I just don't trust anything he does.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Haven't heard anything yet. So the military was successful pushing this thing out the back of an aircraft,big woop.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)claim credit until it is known if it was successful.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Half of this country loves having a fascist dictator in charge.
Kablooie
(18,625 posts)But he has no idea yet of the results which is all that matters.
Or maybe he's just proud of himself for allowing the military to use it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What exactly was so "successful" about this? I would really like to know.
Did it make his dick hard for the first time in 20 years?
Kablooie
(18,625 posts)chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)8 years. Nevermind that ISIS was being beaten on all fronts before he "gulp" became POTUS. He truly is demented.
AnnaLee
(1,035 posts)I think I see a trend.
Initech
(100,063 posts)They have the best explosions, too. Phenomenal explosions! The only explosions powerful enough to carry the Trump seal of approval.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,972 posts)not like sissy obama.