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2019-10-29 Home Front: Politix
Susan Rice Huffs: Trump Didn't Extend ‘Common Courtesy' of Telling Obama About Al-Baghdadi Mission
[Breitbart] Appearing Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation, former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice said she was "quite confident" that the Trump administration did not follow the "normal protocol" of informing President Barack Obama about the weekend killing of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

A partial transcript is as follows:

MARGARET BRENNAN: What is your reaction to the death of al-Baghdadi?

SUSAN RICE: Obviously, it’s a major milestone and it’s one we all should be welcoming quite plainly, but it doesn’t mean that the fight against ISIS is over. And it doesn’t mean that we can declare mission accomplished and just walk away. What we’ve seen time and time again in this part of the world is that when the pressure is relieved on terrorist organizations, whether al-Qaeda or ISIS, they are able to reconstitute. So we need to be vigilant. We need to maintain a minimal presence in order to ensure that the pressure stays on ISIS and they don’t come back roaring.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Was President Obama informed of the death of al-Baghdadi by the administration? Did you know before the news today?

RICE: No, there’s no reason why I should know. There is a tradition of common courtesy of presidents informing their predecessors of things of significance like this. Since the White House seemingly didn’t feel it necessary to inform the leadership of the intelligence committees on a bipartisan basis, I’m quite confident that they didn’t do the normal protocol with respect to predecessors either.
Sorry, 'NO NEED TO KNOW.' Read about it tomorrow.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-29 08:09|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ]  Top

#1 This is all part of the left's training program for the rest of us. "We spit on you, you kiss our feet."
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-29 08:40||   2019-10-29 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ True.
Posted by Uleck Spererong9442 2019-10-29 08:41||   2019-10-29 08:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Geo Bush the lesser, Jimmy Carter, Slick Willie, Soetoro, Clapper, Brennan.... all clueless. Knew nothing of the al-Baghdadi strike either.

Tens, possibly hundreds of millions left totally in the dark, to include al Baghdadi !

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-29 08:55||   2019-10-29 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Trump didn't tell me either - the nerve of that guy!
Posted by Raj 2019-10-29 09:47||   2019-10-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, me too. There I was sleeping peacefully in my own home in bed while some certified American bad asses were turning Beg-deady into confetti. Didn't some English guy say something about that?
Posted by Cesare 2019-10-29 09:52||   2019-10-29 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Trump: "We're gonna blow Baghdadi into tiny pieces so our dog doesn't have trouble swallowing!"

Carter: "Can't we just shoot him in the shoulder?"
Posted by Matt 2019-10-29 09:55||   2019-10-29 09:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Nanni Nanni Boo Boo!
Posted by SR-71 2019-10-29 10:38||   2019-10-29 10:38|| Front Page Top

#8 And Oblowme shouldn't be told anything, anyway! I think the Bathhouse would look good in orange.
Posted by SR-71 2019-10-29 10:40||   2019-10-29 10:40|| Front Page Top

#9 "Barack, your friend Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead"
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-29 10:41||   2019-10-29 10:41|| Front Page Top

#10  Didn't some English guy say something about that?

Rough men performing acts of toxic masculinity to keep our sorry asses safe. Yeah, I'm paraphrasing.

As for
Carter: "Can't we just shoot him in the shoulder?"

If you don't find that both hilarious and sad, go read "Guests of the Ayatollah" about the ill-fated Iran hostage rescue. That was actually Jimmy's attitude. Worst President Ever.
Posted by SteveS 2019-10-29 10:42||   2019-10-29 10:42|| Front Page Top

#11 2nd Worst President Ever.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-10-29 11:40||   2019-10-29 11:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Trump probably thought Obama had nothing to offer.

Obama and the Dems have hammered Trump without let up since before he was elected. The Dems would likely break security protocols and leak the mission to try to make Trump look bad so...&%$#-off Dems.
Posted by JohnQC 2019-10-29 12:17||   2019-10-29 12:17|| Front Page Top

#13 SteveS, I haven't read that book yet, but my recollection is that Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, actually did put that question to Charging Charlie Beckwith, the founder of Delta Force. I've never seen Beckwith's response in print, but one can imagine. I'm may be off on that.
Posted by Matt 2019-10-29 12:40||   2019-10-29 12:40|| Front Page Top

#14 Like Obama didn't extend Trump the "Common Courtesy" of telling him that the Democratic Deep State was running an operation to frame him?
Posted by 3dc 2019-10-29 14:03||   2019-10-29 14:03|| Front Page Top

#15 Obama? How many divisions does he have?
Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2019-10-29 14:19||   2019-10-29 14:19|| Front Page Top

#16 A Dem President can inform Repblicans on this sort of issue with 100% assurance the info won't be leaked. That does not go both ways and they know it, they just don't like it in practice.
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-10-29 15:28||   2019-10-29 15:28|| Front Page Top

#17 Trump didn't inform al Baghdadi either.

What a prick!
Posted by charger 2019-10-29 15:47||   2019-10-29 15:47|| Front Page Top

#18 Legally, Obama is just another citizen now, just like you and I. Other than he has Secret Service protection, a generous pension, free healthcare and many other benefits.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-10-29 16:04||   2019-10-29 16:04|| Front Page Top

#19 Why would you tell a predecessor? I don't think that's a thing.
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-10-29 16:14||   2019-10-29 16:14|| Front Page Top

#20 Why on earth would any rational human, POTUS or otherwise, entrust his most important secrets with people who have been screaming nonstop for nearly 3 years that said individual is a despicable traitor?

Does this make any f---ing sense?

Why do these people keep insulting our intelligence?
Posted by Lex 2019-10-29 16:33||   2019-10-29 16:33|| Front Page Top

#21 Obama Successfully Hunted Trump Campaign Aides Instead of Terrorists
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-29 16:39||   2019-10-29 16:39|| Front Page Top

#22 That would of given Obama time to get ahold of his Muslim brother, and tell him to amscray.
Posted by bbrewer126  2019-10-29 18:02||   2019-10-29 18:02|| Front Page Top

#23 "Benghazi"

You didn't have the common courtesy to speak the truth.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-10-29 19:43||   2019-10-29 19:43|| Front Page Top

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