Video: Decision to drop MOAB bomb was purely a product of the battlefield situation

And the generals made the call without requiring Trump's approval

By Dan Calabrese —— Bio and Archives--April 15, 2017

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That makes sense, of course. You don't want any president, but especially one with no military background, micromanaging the tactical decisions on the battlefield. If we'e got ISIS where we want them and we have a weapon at the ready that can take out not only a bunch of them, but a bunch of their infrastructure as well, why not? Drop it. And that's exactly what prompted the military command to do so, without having to first check with the White House:

The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said on Friday that the decision to deploy one of the largest conventional bombs ever used in combat was purely tactical, and made as part of the campaign against Islamic State-linked fighters.

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