Worried that that one little piece of braggadocio is the one piece that gets somebody in trouble down the road. He also talked about the fact that they knew that al bagdadi kept changing his travel plants, which would also suggest some insider information. Well, that may not be inside information, once they knew where he was, they can observe travel patterns. Thats just good operational security. That to me says exactly why he survived as long as he has. Remember, we thought we had got him once before, he was injured, he nursed himself back to health, and then he travels in fits and starts. We knew he was likely at some point in his life, he slept with a vest for years because he knew something was going to happen. This is what somebody does who wants to make sure they dont end up in a raid by special american forces. General clapper, you may have been on his mind to a degree as well, given the fact that President Trump at least twice during that press conference slammed what the Intel
He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place. In often vivid terms the president confirmed in a Morning White House address that u. S. Special operators including delta force carried out a highwire raid in northwest syria. He died after running into a dead end tunnel wimpering and crying and screaming all the way. He dragged three of his Young Children with him. They were led to certain death. He reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. He ignited his vest killing himself and the three children. His body was mutilated by the blast. The president said a Lab Technician on the raid team proved it was albaghdadi and that dna test results were immediate and positive. The raid included positive intelligence. We have a lot of news to get to including the explosive testimony from ambassador bill taylor. Ahead of the president s remarks this morning i spoke with mark esper about the raid. Lets start with the president s announcement. What can
they do not want to do, they think it would be a mistake? president trump s directive was we leave northern syria, northeastern syria, specifically were the safe zone is being set up by the turks. we re halfway through that process, if you will. it will take weeks, not days. at the same time the president said we would keep a presence in southern syria, and recently we got the direction that we would maintain presence in the area of deri ezzor to deny isis and other destabilizing actors access to the oil fields. one other thing i want to follow up on something you said that you said before which is that president erdogan of turkey had said he was going to go into this area and that s why the u.s. pulled out even though you and others had vehemently opposed him doing that. it just seems odd that a nato ally and a weaker country, although turkey obviously has a very large military, would be able to, for want of a better term, push the u.s. around, i mean, push us out of the region. i
deri ezzor to deny isis and other destabilizing actors access to the oil fields. i want to follow up on something you ve said before which is that president erdogan of turkey had said he was going to go into this area and that s why the u.s. pulled out even though you and others had vehemently opposed him doing that. it just seems odd that a nato ally and a weaker country although turkey obviously he s a very large military, would be able to, for want of a better term, push the u.s. around, i mean, push us out of the region. i would think the u.s. would say, we re staying and i know you don t want to attack u.s. forces. how do you make the argument that this wasn t the u.s. retreating? yeah, i think that s an overstatement. we ve known since the original partnership since the united states and sdf that s the kurds. that s right, that turkey protested. many of the sdf are terrorists, they knew, are members of the