BAGHDADI (ISIS LEADER) CONFIRMED DEAD

[Rootilda]

Given I don't feel like I can trust this administration to tell me the truth I can't help but wonder why Russia is saying they are not convinced this mission actually happened. Their Defense Ministry says it has valid doubts about the reality & success of it. They go on to say that no air strikes by US or coalition forces registered in the Idib de-escalation zone on Saturday or in recent days. Yesterday they referred to it all as propaganda and yet Russia was the very country/persons that trump thanked.

I haven't seen this news yet... step away from the computer for a minute and another shitshow happens.

[Duchess]

I haven't seen this news yet... step away from the computer for a minute and another shitshow happens.

I never dreamed I'd be paying credence (even in a minute way) to Russia FFS. 

[Rootilda]

Sounds like Trump the useful idiot isn't so useful anymore and they don't care to keep up the pretense that Putin's his buddy.

[MirahM]

Can I talk about the K-9 who helped in this mission in this thread? He cornered Baghdadi in one of the tunnels where he got trapped in a dead end. He was using three of his kids as human shields. Good dog! The dog's name & breed is classified right now but may be released at some point. A General said it's because he's "still in theater" and he's recovering from injuries he got when the suicide vest was activated.

As an aside, the dogs in the military are ranked higher than their handler in order to prevent mistreatment. I really liked hearing that and I hope it works.

No, I would not watch the kill video.

A picture has been released and the type of dog, but not the dog's name. 

Belgian Malinois

[Duchess]

A picture has been released and the type of dog, but not the dog's name. 

Belgian Malinois

  Good dog.

[MirahM]

: )

[Duchess]

I wouldn't be able to keep from falling in love with that dog if I had to spend my days with him. I wouldn't be able to have any kind of disconnect.

[Carsman]

Dubya didn't get the shoe thrown at him because of the announcement but because of his war crimes and an illegitimate war that killed thousands of Iraqi civilians.

"This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq," Al-Zaidi shouted as he threw the second shoe.

For fuck's sake, do you really think an Iraqi would be unhappy about the US leaving after the mess we made over there?

the shoe throwing happened when he was announcing the withdrawal schedule. Many people in Iraq were either on the oppressor side of the argument or the liberator side of it. Today the people in Iraq love Trump who could have figured that? His picture is everywhere.

I remember that incident.  The shoe throwing wasn't in response to any withdrawal schedule though, as far as I recall.

The Iraqi journalist instead threw his shoes at Bush because he was incensed that Bush, who was leaving office in like a month, was claiming that the U.S. invasion of Iraq had been a great success and such.   

The journalist did not see it that way and got a lot of support from the people of Iraq for his shoe-throwing "farewell kiss" to George W. Bush.  On trial, the journalist cited all the rapes and killings of Iraqis during the occupation. 
I think he got 2 or 3 years behind bars.

He was lucky that he got to spend time behind bars.
Instead of him not winding up in a coffin, due to being shot by a secret service agent!

[Duchess]

The Secret Service are waaaay better trained than beat cops.

[BigMark]

Unfortunately to the extreme consternation of the Iraqi people his shoemenship skills were severely lacking.

[Rootilda]

He had great aim but Dubya has lightening fast ducking reflexes.

[BigMark]

Never attempt to shoesualt the leader of the free world while wearing Duck Martins.

[Maggot]

CNN is reporting that Trump sent wolves to attack a poor refugee in a one way tunnel that was only trying to protect his family.      



Afterwards he took to disembowling babies and pulling the fingernails out of the women he kept hostage after raping them with various garden implements.

[Rootilda]

That's a super weird take on the guy, like reminding people that Hitler liked to paint.

[BigMark]

The nuclear football was just off stage only people with the very highest security clearance know how close we came to Shoemageddon that day. Would you have been one of the sole survivors?

[HairOfTheDog]

He was lucky that he got to spend time behind bars.  Instead of him not winding up in a coffin, due to being shot by a secret service agent! 

That's true.  He did reportedly get pretty badly beaten up after the shoes hit the fan and had to receive medical treatment.  But, it could have been much much worse for him.

Anyway, I got curious and just looked up his sentence for the assault. Muntadhar al-Zaidi was originally sentenced to three years, but the sentence was reduced to one year shortly thereafter.  

He only spent nine months in prison though, getting three months shaved off for good behavior.

[BigMark]

He's the only one I make take their shoes off when he visits.

[HairOfTheDog]

That's racist.

[BigMark]

It's only okay to mention someones skin color if they're Orange, that's racist.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's only okay to mention someones skin color if they're Orange, that's racist.

Well, orange really is the new black then, I guess.