Surprising ISIS

The Pentagon wants Islamic State terrorists to be pleasantly surprised by US troop deployments in Iraq and Syria, with Washington apparently adopting a new policy of limiting soldier movement disclosures and resorting to unannounced “temporary” missions.

  RT

"Pleasantly" surprised?

Remember all the times candidate Trump complained that the US military always announces what its going to do? This isn't a Pentagon decision.

“In order to maintain tactical surprise, ensure operational security and force protection, the coalition will not routinely announce or confirm information about the capabilities, force numbers, locations, or movement of forces in or out of Iraq and Syria,” Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesman, told the Los Angeles Times this week.

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Ned Price, National Security Council spokesman under President Barack Obama, criticized the new approach of Trump's administration not to share such crucial details with Americans.

“The position of the Obama administration was that the American people had a right to know if servicemen and women were in harm’s way,” Price told the LA Times. “It’s truly shocking that the current administration furtively deploys troops without public debate or describing their larger strategy.”

Yeah, yeah. Like the American public was told about the Bin Laden raid? Yeah, I remember the public debate about that operation.  Don't I?  Didn't we all agree it was a good idea?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.