Trump Captures ISIS Leader On Day One Of Airstrikes

[Bigun]

Yep - and you are both correct.

However ... (you knew that was going to happen)

Fear goes both ways. You've a population at home that are also quite frightened and want to know something, anything, is being done, especially after the complete incompetence of the last lot in power.

It's a balance. Enough information to reassure the people at home, until such time as they relax and start to trust the ones set to protect them again, with enough darkness to make the enemy fear. I feel the new administration will err on the side of too much information for a while. Makes our job harder, but thems the breaks.

I'm old school enough to still believe that you only release information like this when there is nothing more of value to be gained from holding it closely!

[EC]

Absolutely agree. From what I know of Mattis, he thinks exactly the same way, and I do foresee reports of this sort becoming rarer and less instanta as time goes on.

[Bigun]

Absolutely agree. From what I know of Mattis, he thinks exactly the same way, and I do foresee reports of this sort becoming rarer and less instanta as time goes on.

I remember him from before he was a big shot! 

My kinda guy for sure!

[EC]

We've crossed paths a few times - amicably.   

He's a good man.

[goodwithagun]

Seem to recall our side being upset with bammy claiming he killed bin laden.


Yet anther way were no better than the other side.

Fill in the blank: The king is dead, __________________________.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I'm old school enough to still believe that you only release information like this when there is nothing more of value to be gained from holding it closely!

Or you have a pompous jackass as a President who wishes to pat himself, like Obama did with OBL.

[Bigun]

Or you have a pompous jackass as a President who wishes to pat himself, like Obama did with OBL.

Yeah! That's the problem for sure!  Hopefully people around him who knows better will be able to convince him that he shouldn't give in to those urges!

[txradioguy]

Yep - and you are both correct.

However ... (you knew that was going to happen)

Fear goes both ways. You've a population at home that are also quite frightened and want to know something, anything, is being done, especially after the complete incompetence of the last lot in power.

It's a balance. Enough information to reassure the people at home, until such time as they relax and start to trust the ones set to protect them again, with enough darkness to make the enemy fear. I feel the new administration will err on the side of too much information for a while. Makes our job harder, but thems the breaks.

I would add to that a media that...unless they hear about Daesh fighters being killed...will assume we aren't doing it and start writing stories about how we aren't doing anything to stop terrorism...thus frightening people even more.

[Jazzhead]

The story from the UK Daily Mail