Chris Murphy: Yemeni Mission a ‘Failure’ and Trump’s ‘Trying to Pass the Buck’

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MURPHY: "This mission in Yemen was a failure. Any time that a U.S. Soldier is killed, 25 civilians are killed, the targets that we are going after are not killed and we lose a $70 million piece of equipment, that is not a success. And the fact of the matter is that Donald Trump is trying to pass the buck on this to generals when he was the one that signed off on it. Remember, President Obama would not sign off on this mission. President Trump did. And what he is perhaps attempting to do on these future counter terrorism missions is put the decision making in the hands of people that are not him. So, if they go wrong, he bears no responsibility. Ultimately he owns one title that is more important than any other. That is commander in chief. And when you are making a decision to put soldiers in harms way, you make the call, you over see that mission. And if it doesn’t go well as this one in Yemen did, if something terrible happens, you have to own the responsibility."