Pence declares 'ISIS is defeated' hours after attack kills Americans in Syria

[superpatriotman]

Vice President Pence told U.S. diplomats Wednesday that the Islamic State caliphate has collapsed in Syria, but he made no mention of the U.S. military personnel confirmed killed in the country shortly before he spoke.

In remarks filled with praise for the leadership of President Trump, Pence told the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference at the State Department that some of the most heinous enemies of the United States are in retreat.

“Thanks to the leadership of this commander in chief and the courage and sacrifice of our armed forces, we are now actually able to begin to hand off the fight against ISIS in Syria to our coalition partners,” he said, using a common acronym for the Islamic State, prompting applause from the 184 diplomats in the audience. “And we are bringing our troops home. The caliphate has crumbled, and ISIS has been defeated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pence-declares-isis-is-defeated-hours-after-attack-kills-us-troops/2019/01/16/ecc8d1e6-7967-4446-8ed0-afc282e03181_story.html?utm_term=.2a4c36a3dbfa

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[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. A truly grim film on the news. A bombing on film.

Unbelievable. The shots after of the destruction and gore was sick making. We need to get out...w purpose and a vision and a goal. Not overnight after a gas attack from heartburn from mcdonalds cheeseburgers, and as an alternative news story to the Mueller investigation.

[shanny]

2. quick on his feet isn't he? prepared and rehearsed ahead of time and couldn't adapt?

or did no one tell him this was not a particularly good day to make that claim?

[peggysue2]

3. Pence looked and sounded like the . . .

the clueless ass-kisser he is. Just doing what I was told, I'm sure he'd say. A loyal, moronic Trumpster with a desperate, sweaty desire to become POTUS.

When Hell freezes over.

[Aussie105]

4. Pence

Pence looked desperate. Haven't seen him that animated, ever.
The head bobbing, though. A real bad nervous habit. And not a good one.
Trying to convince himself just as much as trying to convince whoever he was talking to.
But Pence is caught in a trap, he has no choice but to repeat the distortion of reality that lives in the White House.

[marble falls]

5. His honest self analysis regarding his exposure in the various Mueller investigations ...

has caused him to reflect on the irony of how his retirement fantasy prison ministry was NOT going to start out as he had contemplated.