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Comment by krapp | Hacker News Reader

Apparently, all it took to convince Trump to OK the Yemen raid was his military advisors telling him Obama wouldn't have been brave enough to do it. I don't know if it's true, but nothing about Trump that i've observed makes it seem unlikely.

I mean, Benghazi was bad, but Trump maybe getting headfaked into killing 23 civilians and a Navy SEAL is just pathetic.

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You would prefer that Trump, a lifelong civilian, should ignore and override his experienced military advisors instead?

I would prefer that Trump's decision making process in this regard not be influenced by what appears to be an inferiority complex, or a desire to appear more aggressive than his predecessor.

From the information we have so far, it does not appear that his people "advised" him to order that raid; in fact, they gave him plenty of indications that it was actually a Very Bad Idea (for the reasons that have since come to light: inadequate intelligence, no backup plan, etc).

So if anything, he appears to have overridden the counsel of his experienced military advisors, himself.

>in fact, they gave him plenty of indications that it was actually a Very Bad Idea (for the reasons that have since come to light: inadequate intelligence, no backup plan, etc).

And then someone told him to nut up or shut up, and here we are.

> Apparently

The key word. How are these things leaked in the first place? Not by friends of Trump obviously.

Also, it seems some of the civilians were armed..

Many Americans are getting armed in places they're most unlikely to die.

I would probably get armed in Yemen as well.

I don't mean they owned guns, I mean they were shooting at the marines.

The US has had boots on the ground in Yeman for months (not really in agreement with it but what do I know?)

As appealing as it might be for some people to believe your comment it doesn't pass the basic sniff test.

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