Remember all of the memes back when President Trump executed a drone strike on terrorist Qasem Soleimani? How all of the Democrats were crying about it? Rep. Pramila Jayapal complained that Trump had “recklessly assassinated Qasem Soleimani” with “no evidence of an imminent threat or attack.” They said the attack made us less safe. So we’re wondering … was top Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi planning an imminent attack when he (and several children) were killed during a U.S. raid in Syria?
An anonymous U.S. official said that Qurayshi detonated a suicide vest and killed his family. With the recent drone strike on an innocent man in Afghanistan that killed several children fresh in people’s minds, it doesn’t seem out of sorts to ask White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the incident.
Aboard AF1, a reporter asked WH press secretary Jen Psaki for evidence to back up the claim that Qurayshi denotated a suicide bomb.
Psaki asked whether skeptics think the U.S. military is "not providing accurate information and ISIS is providing accurate information." 2/x
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) February 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/CaioAlmendra/status/1489341054793007115
Yes, I do
— Gender Room Builder (@CommunistHouse1) February 3, 2022
The reporter did not back down:
"But I mean, the U.S. has not always been straightforward about what happens with civilians," she said. "And I mean, that is a fact." 3/x
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) February 3, 2022
The reporter was NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe.
“Psaki asked whether skeptics think the U.S. military is ‘not providing accurate information and ISIS is providing accurate information.’”
*stares at Psaki in Iraq*
— Ron Hogan (@RonHogan) February 3, 2022
LMAO the sheer gall it takes to say this after all the times they've been caught fibbing in the past.
— Psychic War Vet (@Post_Punk_Prick) February 3, 2022
The U.S. track record on these events (how many times was Mokhtar Belmohktar killed for example) is not great. Good on the reporters to ask for details. Also, https://t.co/eFeOvh34Of
— Andrés R. Martínez (@AMartinezNYT) February 3, 2022
I'm old enough to remember last August when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said an airstrike on a car in Kabul that killed 10 civilians was a "righteous" strike that killed terrorists. Three weeks later, they admitted it was a "terrible mistake." @ayesharascoe
— Dion Nissenbaum (@DionNissenbaum) February 3, 2022
Gee, if we only had a recent example of this exact thing happening https://t.co/2eIuV2OzgN pic.twitter.com/NsYMYlVJ3m
— caesar soze (@MKULTRAvires) February 3, 2022
“How dare you intimate that we’re doing something that we have most definitely done before and will again.”
— Franklin Hoenniker (@SecretAgentX_9) February 3, 2022
If you don't believe us, then you're against us. It seems to be the way this administration works, no debate, no proof, no transparency, just claim after claim that we're supposed to keep believing without question.
— Dave 🇺🇸🇬🇧 (@RetiredMod) February 3, 2022
This is all really bad. After we find the government covering up drone strike after strike has killed children and civilians, there is no reason they should be trusted without proof of anything, tbh.
— LITR (@Missa1969) February 3, 2022
Call me a skeptic then, bc I cannot think of one instance in which I believed the US military was providing accurate information related to civilian deaths
— Shawn Concord NH (@NHWharfRat) February 3, 2022
https://twitter.com/ponkapaug/status/1489329072828080130
https://twitter.com/VincentGrasso13/status/1489325800662917124
Asking for further information about a military operation is beyond a legitimate question to ask. Everyone covering the WH should be asking for same. POTUS's spokesperson should have an answer other than, because we said so, and if you don't believe me you're a traitor.
— Liz (@LizLoden) February 3, 2022
Jen Psaki is such a sterling example of the best of America.
🤮
— Salieri devotee (@MicromanagedDoe) February 3, 2022
State Department spokesman Ned Price tried a similar tack, asking reporters if they were going to buy propaganda coming out of Russia:
Then, at the State Department, spokesman Ned Price was repeatedly asked for evidence of the U.S. government's claim that Russia plans to create a "false flag" propaganda video as a pretext for invading Ukraine. 4/x
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) February 3, 2022
Price responded: "If you doubt the credibility of the U.S. government, of the British government, of other governments and want to, you know, find solace in information that the Russians are putting out, that is for you to do." 5/x
— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) February 3, 2022
Why would anyone doubt the credibility of the U.S. government?
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Update:
Here’s video of Ned Price:
State Dept.: Russia is going to launch a false flag attack as a pretext to invade Ukraine.
Reporter: What's your evidence?
State Dept.: I just gave it to you.
Reporter: No, you made an allegation.
State Dept.: Yes, that's the evidence.
Reporter: 😐pic.twitter.com/lC1pRxNiso
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) February 3, 2022
Related:
Working SO HARD for Democrats! Richard Grenell DRAGS mainstream media for crediting (praising?) Biden for ‘killing ISIS leader’ https://t.co/0dmIFqjEmZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 3, 2022
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