Rep. Don Bacon:
I think it’s clearly classified.
So, they’re digging themselves a bigger hole. They should just be straightforward and honest, say, we screwed up.
Now, I want to say the operation itself, I praise it. We — the Houthis have been shutting down the sea lines of communication. We had to open it up. So I support that. I don’t want to take away from that.
But there’s no doubt, when you start saying two hours before an operation, we’re going to launch these aircraft at this time, or we’re going to have bombs go off at this time, and you’re talking about Yemen, that is classified. And so I would implore the secretary of defense and others, just own it and say, it was my fault, I screwed up, and take responsibility.
I think they keep digging a deeper hole, and then, when you do that, you lose credibility. And I don’t think that’s good for America either.
