It turns out that the State Department knew of a kidnap threat from “an Iran-backed Shiite militia” that was trying to abduct Americans working in Iraq, but hoped that our new peace-partner Iran would do something to keep that from happening.
Key word is “hoped,” as in that was the actual strategy to prevent it from happening:
https://twitter.com/cerenomri/status/689441251435806721
Wow. “Hope” is literally America’s foreign policy now:
"Hope" as foreign policy. https://t.co/bvIrNdgRQI
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 19, 2016
Clown show that is dangerously in over their heads @SykesCharlie: "Hope" as foreign policy. https://t.co/PXvk7Ky0cL
— MJ (@futuredci) January 19, 2016
Obama Legacy = Hoped https://t.co/TeqH52Jklr
— Extremely Careless (@Shanghaibeast) January 19, 2016
Breathtaking naiveté. https://t.co/8EUAXPertb
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) January 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/sdxyz2/status/689454272107315201
https://twitter.com/OrwellForks/status/689450048707428356
Talk about getting the incentives completely backwards… https://t.co/hZA8Xk0E0n
— Gerry Daly (@GerryDales) January 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/sqwerin/status/689447346380275712
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/689446293492469760
https://twitter.com/ChelieinTX/status/689445372331044865
https://twitter.com/BMS355/status/689444426070908929
The Washington Post reported that the Americans were abducted while visiting a known brothel, but that’s not been confirmed:
Americans said to be kidnapped in Iraq were taken from an apartment well-known as a brothel, police says. https://t.co/aS2JKy83Dx
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) January 18, 2016
The search continues:
Iraqi security forces are searching for three Americans who have gone missing and may have been kidnapped https://t.co/EeqkQoFhTn
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 18, 2016
Related:
Report: 3 Americans missing after kidnapping in Iraq
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