Trump won't say if he greenlit use of 'mother of all bombs'

cnn ^ | April 13, 2017 | Jeremy Diamond

[mdittmar]

Washington (CNN)The United States on Thursday dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its military arsenal for the first time in history.

But President Donald Trump declined to say whether he personally signed off on the use of the GBU-43/B MOAB, also known as the "mother of all bombs," in a strike on ISIS militants in Afghanistan.

"Everybody knows exactly what happens. So, what I do is I authorize our military," Trump said when asked whether he authorized the strike. "We have given them total authorization and that's what they're doing."

[hoagy62]

Why does he have to tell anyone what he does?

[Eddie01]

He delegated, or so he says.

Trump is the Boss.

Go Trump!

[digger48]

The problem begins when too many people who don’t know military strategery have to sign off on every single bullet.

[brucedickinson]

I would greenlight them to use plutonium ebola grenades

[miss marmelstein]

Another misleading headline.

[BunnySlippers]

Looks like he said “he delegated”. Why doesn’t CNN know what delegated means?

[spokeshave]

The problem begins when too many people who don’t know military strategery have to sign off on every single bullet.

Not any more.

[wheresmyusa]

“What difference, at this point, does it make?”

[Sasparilla]

We lived just north of the Eglin AFB when they tested MOABs.
The test site was at least ten miles away. Regardless of that distance, our house shook like an earthquake hit. Pictures fell off the neighbors walls. We could feel the concussion.

[2ndDivisionVet]

If Kim Jong Un thinks that some Commodore in Pusan can order an Assad-style Tomohawk strike on his own say-so, do you think he’ll sleep more soundly at night?

[Eddie01]

Isn’t Trump the Commander and Chief? /rhetorical

[Vendome]

Really?

I would authorize Medieval Mode...

[JBW1949]

If he “delegated”, then he “greenlighted”...

[Daniel Ramsey]

Another MSM fixation event.

I’m just glad we are acting instead of appeasing, surrenduring and misdirection. Or pillaging Ft.Knox to pay our enemies.

[FlingWingFlyer]

President Trump should say this was a leftover Obama plan and that Barry gave the order. Then we can all sit back, eat popcorn and watch the fireworks when The Muslim Brothers call Barry in for “counseling”. LOL.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I would greenlight them to use plutonium ebola grenades...

...wrapped in bacon.

[Cementjungle]

He did however approve of adding 1,000 lbs of bacon bits to the bomb.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

It’s way past time to use weapons such as these against Islamists.

How much more American blood do we have to shed just by going toe-to-toe with these savages?

Fight a war like you want to win a war. We haven’t done it since WWII.

[yarddog]

I was in DeFuniak Springs when they set it off.

I was hoping to hear or feel it but we were just a little too far. Didn’t hear or feel anything.