Thread by @RobertPLewis

@HaroldWren11 made a great point in his Library Telegram channel regarding this article that bears repeating:

thedrive.com/the-war-zone/3…

Jimmy Carter’s admission of a failed raid to rescue Iranian hostages lost us several great members of Delta and lost him re-election.

Despite -

...that knowledge of history and what was on the line, @realDonaldTrump was willing to risk a major black eye just days before the election - but considered that saving an American hostage was worth it.

I know that AO very well - I was on the first ODA sent into Niger back -

...in ‘05, and I talk about that experience in my first book Love Me When I’m Gone about my time as a Green Beret.

Niger is not the easiest AO to operate in.

Hidden enemy & spies everywhere (including China), we stick out like a sore thumb and the infrastructure makes it -

...quite difficult to find adequate cover & concealment for an op like this to get in & out of the country and target undetected.

But to @POTUS the only thing that mattered was that an American was in danger.

Really think about that.

Kamala Harris is a chameleon like -

...Grandma Death Clinton who will say anything the polls tell her will get her more power.

Joe Biden will lie to your face and turn on a dime depending on what the locale & polls say are best.

President Trump has one mode: Make America Great Again, Keep Americans Safe -

...no second guessing, no exceptions, no room for discussion.

Imagine the risk that this mission held of going wrong, and the additional risk of it being days before an election.

Yet he still gave the order.

I had an accountant & entrepreneur friend who coined the phrase, -

...”no risk it, no biscuit.”

Meaning “if you want success, you have to take risks.”

Politicians don’t get that.

Businesspeople & entrepreneurs do.

If we want to save 🇺🇸 and keep our people safe, it’s going to take risk.

We have the right man in charge to get our biscuit.