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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThree probes of Yemen raid underway but perhaps not the one Navy SEALs father wants
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/three-probes-of-yemen-raid-underway-but-perhaps-not-the-one-navy-seals-father-wants/#.WLVLZ1EkC1Y.twitterWASHINGTON The Jan. 29 raid that killed the Navy SEAL son of a former South Florida police officer is currently the subject of three Pentagon investigations. But it remains to be seen whether any of those probes will satisfy Bill Owens' demand to know why the raid took place just nine days into the Trump administration.
The Pentagon said on Monday that the military is conducting routine review into what led to the death of 36-year-old Sgt. William "Ryan" Owens, who was killed in a firefight with suspected terrorists in the first covert counterterrorism operation authorized by President Donald Trump.
Another investigation is reviewing how a $70 million aircraft was damaged so badly that it had to be destroyed.
And the Pentagon is also investigating reports that as many as 30 civilians were killed, including an 8-year-old girl, in the U.S. attack.
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Davis said that it's possible that the probe will evaluate the decision-making process behind the raid, but that he could not confirm that.
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None of the three are looking at the decision making process (or lack of).
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Three probes of Yemen raid underway but perhaps not the one Navy SEALs father wants (Original Post)
deminks
Feb 2017
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HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)1. The 8 year old American girl was killed
That is what matters here. The rest is far less important. We should not be killing 8 year old American girls.
dae
(3,396 posts)3. IMO, the 8yo and other civilians all matter as well as our
soldier.
treestar
(82,383 posts)4. 8 year old girls, period
Doesn't matter if they aren't American.
The girl in question was born here but likely being raised to hate this place - like her older brother who was killed as a teen. That does not justify the killing, but being born in the US and being citizens is not the fulcrum on which to condemn it.
gordianot
(15,242 posts)2. You would think the outcomes speak for themselves.
Trump is not a winner at really anything, cheating your way through life is not leadership.