President Donald Trump and the U.S. military just sent 36 radical Islamic terrorists to hell… and liberals are furious about it.
According to social media, leftists are upset because the MOAB’s nickname — the “Mother Of All Bombs” — is sexist and is too expensive.
You can’t make this up, folks.
The strike was by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military. It killed 36 Islamic State group militants and left no civilian casualties, hitting a tunnel complex in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Friday.
But that’s not good enough for liberals, it seems. They’re demanding our military not kill Islamic terrorists… because it’s sexist.
https://twitter.com/EricStoller/status/852566423469608963
Yes, you read that right.
According to liberals, calling a bomb used to kill terrorists a “mother” is sexist.
It gets worse.
Other leftists were complaining about the bombs cost — and circulating “fake news” total of $300 million for the airstrike.
It doesn't matter that the MOAB cost $300 Million & only killed 36 ISIS fighters#TrumpRussia can just file for military bankruptcy, right?
— Edan Clay 🇺🇸 (@EdanClay) April 14, 2017
Of course, that number is wrong. A single MOAB costs approximately $16 million.
More fake news from the left!
American and Afghan forces have been battling the Taliban insurgency for more than 15 years. But the U.S. military brought out the biggest conventional bomb in its arsenal for the first time to hit the Islamic State group, a growing presence in Afghanistan — an apparent reflection of Trump’s vows for a more no-holds-barred campaign against the group.
The strike was carried out against an Islamic State group tunnel complex carved in the mountains that Afghan forces have tried repeatedly in past weeks to assault, Afghan officials said. The Afghan Ministry of Defense said in a statement that several ISIS caves and ammunition caches were destroyed by the bomb.
“This is the right weapon for the right target,” said U.S. Gen. John W. Nicholson, NATO commander in Afghanistan, at a news conference.
It left liberals screaming mad —
This "mother of all bombs" thing feels a little too 'kooky dictator' for us, no? #Strangelove
— Clark Gregg (@clarkgregg) April 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/andrewkurtser/status/852590580194570240
They also sympathized with the dead ISIS fighters —
Bombing Afghanistan with the Mother Of All Bombs only means more mothers will lose their sons, daughters and husbands 💔💔💔
— Parveen (@Parveen_Comms) April 13, 2017
The bomb, known officially as a GBU-43B, or massive ordnance air blast weapon, unleashes 11 tons of explosives.
Footage put out by the Pentagon showed the bomb slamming into a mountainside overlooking a river valley, causing a giant blast that overwhelms the landscape then sends up a massive column of black smoke. Agricultural terrasses are visible in the footage, but no population centers.
DOD releases video of MOAB strike that killed 36 ISIS jihadists and 0 civilians… pic.twitter.com/ukF9eVj3xx
— I Yam What I Yam (@Nvr4Get91101) April 14, 2017
Pakistani villagers living near the Afghan border said the explosion was so loud they thought a bomb had been dropped in their village by U.S. warplanes targeting terrorists in Pakistan.
Mufti Khan, a resident of Achin in Nangarhar, said, “It was between seven or eight local time when it happened. The whole house was shaking. When I came out of my house I saw a large fire and the whole area was burning.”
Another Achin resident, Mohammad Hakim, voiced his approval for the strike, saying “We are very happy and these kinds of bombs should be used in future as well, so Daesh is rooted out from here,” using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
“They killed our women, youths and elders sitting them on mines. We also ask the Kabul government to use even stronger weapons against them,” Hakim added.
The U.S. estimates 600 to 800 ISIS fighters are present in Afghanistan, mostly in Nangarhar. The U.S. has concentrated heavily on combatting them while also supporting Afghan forces battling the Taliban. President Donald Trump called Thursday’s operation a “very, very successful mission.”
“I want a hundred times more bombings on this group,” said Hakim Khan, 50, a resident of Achin district, the site of the blast.
So do we, Hakim.
So do we.
The Associated Press contributed to this article