People are declassifying their pets after Trump tweets photo of military dog
The president's tweet about declassifying a picture of the dog who assisted in a mission that ended with ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death is a meme now.
2019 continues to be unreal.
The dog, whose name remains classified, chased al-Baghdadi down a dead-end tunnel after concerns that al-Baghdadi was wearing a suicide vest. He indeed was and detonated the vest in the tunnel, killing himself and three children in the blast.
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The unnamed dog is believed to have been injured by an electrocution, CNN reports, but is recovering.
A defense official told CNN that because the dog was part of an Army Delta force operation — the secretive special forces group that takes on high-risk missions — "we can't tell you the name of the dog."
Trump tweeted a "declassified" photo of the "wonderful dog" for doing such a "GREAT JOB" on Monday. The photo, which shows a dog goofily gazing at the camera with its tongue out, has gone viral.
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Author and retired Army general Mark Hertling noted the dog's name needs to stay classified because it can be used to identify which units were involved in the raid.
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But that didn't stop Twitter users from joking about declassifying images of their pets as well.
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What's next for the dog who inspired this meme? He's received an invitation to the White House to meet the president.
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