Posted on 11/15/2014 7:59:20 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
I salute their service and sacrifice
Many in the community are…infuriated, [O’Neill] says. “There’s a shitstorm around this.”—Rob O’Neill referring to SEALs going public, “The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden…Is Screwed”
“Frankly, a week ago Sunday, in the Situation Room, we all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin Laden. That all fell apart on Monday—the next day.”—Then Defense Secretary, Robert Gates 5/12/11
Our present POTUS tells lies like they are an art form he is determined to master. God knows he has shown a remarkable flair for it—although if ObamaCare architect John Gruber is correct, and the American people are stupid, then Obama’s “flair” is somewhat less impressive. (I am sorely tempted to discuss the difference between the terms “stupid” and “ignorant” at this point, but that would lead us too far astray from this article’s focus).
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He, his family and friends are all in jeopardy now. To me that is the main downside of the revelation.
The Government let this cat out of the bag.
If that idiot Doocy was able to figure out who this guy was, how hard would it be for anyone else to figure out.
I agree these guys should keep their mouths shut. But that applies to all of them.
Anyone notice that the Army people on the mission have never uttered a word, and are invisible?
Maybe Rob knew that by going forward he would be better served as opposed to silently getting screwed by some high up (no names come to mind (Sarcasm)...
The SEALS have been in the public eye ever since the mission, even the shooting down of the helicopter with 38 men from 3 branches of the military and 2 countries while moving in to contain enemy fleeing from a Ranger battle became purely a SEAL/Osama story.
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