Ralph Peters: ‘A Stretch’ to Blame Trump for Difficulties of Yemeni Raid

Peters: Trump as Responsible for Yemeni Raid as Obama Was for SEAL Team’s Success With Bin Laden (The Washington Free Beacon)

Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters told Melissa Francis of Fox News on Wednesday that it is a "stretch" for the media to blame President Donald Trump for the outcome of the raid in Yemen that killed one Navy SEAL.

Francis had brought up an argument that the raid was a failure because it disturbed local dynamics, which plays into the hands of the terrorists.

Peters didn't buy the theory.

"But, I think this is really a local Yemeni problem," he said. "Yemen is a failed state and it's going to continue to be a failed state. We have to go after the leadership of al Qaeda, of ISIS and other groups wherever we find them and, you know, sometimes it's a tricky dance to do it."