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NBC News Exclusive: How the SEAL Raid on Somalia Went Bad (Obama Sets up SEAL Team 6?)
NBC News ^ | Monday, October 7, 2013 | Matthew Cole and Jim Miklaszewski

Posted on 10/07/2013 3:32:36 PM PDT by kristinn

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To: shalom aleichem

Yes why are we even hearing about this?


41 posted on 10/07/2013 4:17:58 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: driftdiver

I don’t even care about the islamderthals any more. “Value” just means an excuse to involve us in another mess that doesn’t concern us.


42 posted on 10/07/2013 4:18:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: kristinn

That’s the first thing I thought ...followed by O probably alerted them they were coming

None dare call it treason


43 posted on 10/07/2013 4:18:29 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: aimhigh
Considering the number of Muslim Brotherhood people working for Obama, I suspect they were tipped off.

Considering that the President is probably at least an associate member...

44 posted on 10/07/2013 4:18:43 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: arthurus

Well, seeing as Kyle was assassinated by a Muslim, let me say that I agree entirely.

0bama wants the long guns gone almost as much as those what know how to use them.


45 posted on 10/07/2013 4:19:59 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

I just don’t see the point of it anymore.

Our only interests in the mideast should be restricted to defending our allies (Israel and to a lesser extent Jordan) from direct military attack.


46 posted on 10/07/2013 4:22:12 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Oliviaforever

“”The anti smoke zealots have even forced terrorist forts to go no smoking.””

That’s what I thought but my first thought was this came from a movie...stepping outside for a cigarette, spotting an enemy, stepping back inside. I bet he didn’t step outside without his weapon tho’. He only went back inside to summon the others....Of course, a gun shot would have done that.


47 posted on 10/07/2013 4:23:00 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: kristinn

Sounds like a first class fuster cluck: nobody hit at all? Sorry; every real firefight I ever saw, somebody got hit. Sounds more like the SEALs didn’t achieve surprise and got chased off by noise.

Three kids of combatants-Killers, Killers, and Fodder. Killers are the rare 10 percent or so who aim and deliberately fire during a wild firefight. Fillers are noisemakers- shoot like hell, but mostly don’t hit anything. They are the greatest proportion in fighting units. Usually more danger to everyone.

Fodder are going to die or get somebody else killed no matter what you do for them. They’re the ones who stand on the skyline, sneak smokes at night, sleep on ambushes.

Sounds like the SEALs were the wrong bunch for this job.


48 posted on 10/07/2013 4:26:13 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: kristinn

Won’t be long now before they are reporting the names and home addresses of the operators.


49 posted on 10/07/2013 4:28:07 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: yarddog

I agree, one lone fighter spotted a Seal, cloaked in darkness, camoflage...yeah right. He was warned.

And why are we telling folks on the news it was Seal Team 6 again? I sure hope this team doesn’t get wiped out last time...


50 posted on 10/07/2013 4:29:40 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: Engedi

I read a story here on FR yesterday which said incorrectly apparently, that we had captured the guy and also that we had notified the Somali government before the raid.

I have come to the point where I don’t believe any story which appears in the first month of some operation.


51 posted on 10/07/2013 4:33:32 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: kristinn

Also a very clear example of the effectiveness of an armed populace. Like Blackhawk Down we see the finest modern warriors, possessing the most modern weapons of war stymied by kat chewing muzzies who happen to possess automatic weapons and a willingness to use them. A good riposte to any who claim the 2nd Amendment couldn’t protect you if the govt actually came for you.


52 posted on 10/07/2013 4:37:25 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (.You have never tasted freedom, else you would know it is purchased not with gold but with steel)
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To: cripplecreek

oh I agree we dont need to be in Somalia.


53 posted on 10/07/2013 4:40:05 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Theoria

Tomahawk missiles don’t grab targets and remove them back to the US...


54 posted on 10/07/2013 4:41:50 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
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To: When do we get liberated?

bfd. ST6 was lucky it wasn’t another Salinas. The risks involved aren’t worth it.


55 posted on 10/07/2013 4:56:20 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: kristinn
I wish SEAL Team 6 would capture the greatest threat to America. Obama, Biden, Reid and Pelosi...
56 posted on 10/07/2013 5:04:01 PM PDT by Farnsworth ("The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no)
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To: Oliviaforever
The anti smoke zealots have even forced terrorist forts to go no smoking.

I don't believe that's the case... Radical Muslims aren't real big on 'cause and effect'... especially long term - like smoking and 'death 68 years later rather than 64 years later'... Islam touches on death cult... something odd here.

57 posted on 10/07/2013 5:10:57 PM PDT by GOPJ (Brieitbart sent me... Freeper newfreep)
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To: shalom aleichem

I read a report earlier that the government of Somalia was warned in advance of the raid.


58 posted on 10/07/2013 5:22:37 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: kristinn

Can someone tell me why we even know about this. ST6 is supposed to operate in another world. I’ve met a few of them in my day, as well as some CAG guys. Just your average looking guys, quiet and humble.

Now with this moron in the WH, they’re on the front page. Wondering what McRaven thinks of all this.


59 posted on 10/07/2013 5:34:56 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Chainmail
Three kids of combatants-Killers, Fillers, and Fodder.

I can accept that the target surrounded himself with useless men of the last two categories. (In Somalia, of all places, where armed fighting is as common as saying "Hello" to a neighbor?)

But why was it that the SEALs hit not even one of those dozens of armed guards who were shooting at them? If they saw the target in the window, what was the reason to not send a few bullets that way, on a very good chance that the glass is not bulletproof? It sounds like the SEALs haven't fired even a single round. Perhaps it was a wise strategy if they could retreat undetected. But it's worth saying clearly.

60 posted on 10/07/2013 5:55:21 PM PDT by Greysard
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