I am inclined to give kudos
when kudos are due. They are due now. The death of ISIS leader Al-Bagdadi seems to have been well organized and perfected. Kudos to the military who faced danger completing it. Still, I have questions. How did the special ops unit get Baghdadi's
DNA if he blew himself up and then the whole big strong building
collapsed around him as Trump said? How is that possible? When Bin-Laden was killed it
was a clean killing so DNA could be collected. Did the US have an original
sample of his DNA to compare with that of the deceased?
Why too was Al-Baghdadi hiding in
an inhospitable place for ISIS?
Kudos to the men who
risked their lives to get Baghdadi but I do wonder how true all of Trump 's description of the take down is given Trump's penchant for lying.
Moreover, and most importantly, because Baghdadi was killed that surely does not
mean ISIS is dead. ISIS will regroup and live to fight another day with new leadership. ISIS will never die because it is an ideology with thousands who support it. This reinforces those of us who decried Trump's abandonment of the Kurds thousands of whom died fighting ISIS with us. Worse still, the ISIS prisoners did escape numbering hundreds if not thousands to go where?
Europe about which Trump does not care or even to the homeland of which Trump claims he cares about so much. Thanks to Trump this nation will not enjoy the help of the very effective Kurds in eliminating ISIS again.
Trump's
hostile rhetoric calling Baghdadi a dog and a coward running crying and
screaming down the tunnel was unnecessary. It will do nothing but inflame followers of ISIS. It surely will not
scare its members into submission.
Trump did not inform Congressional leadership of the Bagdadi raid which traditionally presidents do for top secret military missions. He claims he did not because of leaks but truth is I suspect it was revenge against Democrats for their very effective impeachment process.
Trump even in military victory sows the seeds of division
in a land he claims to love. One should question and critique everything or accept the negative foreign policy consequences which could be many from a man who is unfit for the office he holds.
