President Trump and the Pentagon dropped the “Mother of All Bombs” on an ISIS stronghold in Afghanistan Thursday.
If you think back to November 2015, you’ll recall then-candidate Trump promising to “bomb the shit” out of ISIS…
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… and it didn’t take long for the blue checkmarks on Twitter to start complaining about Trump actually keeping said promise.
The bomb dropped today in the middle of nowhere, Afghanistan, cost $314,000,000. https://t.co/mV6sJoMIFJ (credit @thenib) pic.twitter.com/aj0Om5RhAV
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 13, 2017
Reporters: Check yo’self before you wreck yo’self on the #MOAB being the largest non-nuke bomb out there.
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) April 13, 2017
Who did this? Who named a bomb “Mother of All Bombs”? Some real sophisticated fella. #MOAB #TooSoon https://t.co/w1HfUJCBQl
— Mohamed Soltan (@soltanlife) April 13, 2017
Trump drops a MOAB (essentially a giant Barrel Bomb) in afghanistan as a message he’s ready for #WW3 (Brinkmanship) https://t.co/soXbtxKsUo
— Partisangirl (@Partisangirl) April 13, 2017
Hopefully, dropping the #moab will encourage Russia to use their version. Their bomb is 4x more powerful. Much better visual. pic.twitter.com/K3yPkMGsCz
— RAMZPAUL (@ramzpaul) April 13, 2017
Lord only knows what cake Trump was eating when he dropped today’s MOAB bomb on Afghanistan.
— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) April 13, 2017
We just dropped 1 bomb in Afghanistan that cost more than it would have to pilot a #basicincome for 13,000 Americans for 2 years. #MOAB
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) April 13, 2017
Wait, they actually paint “MOAB” on the bomb itself? Pardon my French folks, but that is pretty fucked up. pic.twitter.com/8ncFGuhzq2
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) April 13, 2017
If you’re gonna blame anyone for this MOAB that fell on Afghanistan, blame yourselves. WE did this. We gave Trump a reason to bomb.
— Josh Shahryar (@JShahryar) April 13, 2017
I’ve studied the #MOAB for yrs. It’s a disgusting device, designed to inflict maximum casualties. It’s a carpet bomb. Should be illegal.
— Josh Fox (@joshfoxfilm) April 13, 2017
US drops #moab bomb in Afghanistan. Shocked and Appalled. #cdnpoli
— Cheri DiNovo (@CheriDiNovo) April 13, 2017
Many people and news outlets struggling to see the difference between 11 tons of TNT in MOAB bomb and 15 kilotons in bomb used on Hiroshima.
— Paul Sacca (@Paul_Sacca) April 13, 2017
is MOAB a bigger bomb than the Warriors blowing a 3-1 lead in the Finals though?
— Adrian Crawford (@Crawf33) April 13, 2017
The bomb is often called MOAB. Interesting to note that residents of Moab, Utah did not like that name back in 2003https://t.co/VqOMzYs82q
— Devon Dewey (@DevonDewey) April 13, 2017
they really should remain the Moab bomb The Compensator pic.twitter.com/Eqiv4Ehkie
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) April 13, 2017
GBU-57 MOP every time the MOAB is called America’s largest non-nuclear bomb: pic.twitter.com/10oj18X8gE
— Hope Hodge Seck (@HopeSeck) April 13, 2017
Trump *would* drop the “mother of all bombs.” US military targets ISIS tunnels in Afghanistan with #MOAB—largest non-nuclear bomb ever used.
— Erin Schrode (@ErinSchrode) April 13, 2017
According to this, 95,000 people live where we just dropped this bomb. There is no way they were all Isis.https://t.co/f99zGy2eGM #moab
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) April 13, 2017
@JoyAnnReid Don’t worry, Trump made sure we have a 2nd MOAB bomb before he dropped first one. Too bad it’s an “unmanned” bomb or we could put him on it
— Terry J. Richard (@trichardpdx) April 13, 2017
So the “most beautiful piece of chocolate cake” went w the Syria bomb, did like a whole cake go with this one? #Moab
— Diane Warren (@Diane_Warren) April 13, 2017
“Wait! There’s a bomb called MOAB? And I can just use it any time I want? Cool!” – Trump, earlier today
— Max Weiss (@maxthegirl) April 13, 2017
Is the super-bomb called Moab because using it means we’re going Old Testament on them?
— (((Mark Krikorian))) (@MarkSKrikorian) April 13, 2017
Reminder: In the Bible Moab was son by incest of Lot and his daughter. Is that a good name for a huge bomb?
— Daniel Nasaw (@danielnasaw) April 13, 2017
*MOAB bomb immediately renamed The This Is The Day He Became President Bomb* https://t.co/CsCh4zxUDs
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) April 13, 2017
My understanding of MOAB is that it’s more a psy-ops bomb than anything. Equally-effective destruction can be done with more, smaller bombs.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) April 13, 2017
Which Leonard Cohen song does the MOAB bomb remind you of?
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) April 13, 2017
Russia has a bomb that it claims is four times bigger than the MOAB the U.S. just dropped on Afghanistan https://t.co/VUrJRjCHkt
— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) April 13, 2017
In my opinion #donaldtrump dropping a 22k pound bomb is a war crime. #Afghanistan #moab
— Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) April 13, 2017
So the MOAB is just mass destruction consolidated into one bomb, not 21 individual ones. That’s awesome… Thanks https://t.co/nsNKC539xR
— BC (@MrCraw4D) April 13, 2017
Trumpeting the size of the bomb, rather than the results (if there were any), is basically the way the government narrated the Vietnam War.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) April 13, 2017
A subtle reminder that it’s possible to oppose ISIS and still be concerned about the brutality of dropping a 21,600-pound bomb. #MOAB
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) April 13, 2017
Which 1 is worse: Assad dropping chemical weapons or Trump dropping the-next-best-bomb after a nuclear bomb? #MOAB #Afeganistão #Afghanistan
— Shuja Rabbani (@ShujaRabbani) April 13, 2017
You can’t please everybody.