Yes, I think she overestimates the importance of the Corsi book. But Donald Trump had made it necessary (or perhaps made it possible) for Obama to come up with something.
You are right that a Chinook is the wrong kind of helicopter to send into a situation where enemies could easily shoot it down. But that, in turn, raises the question, why on earth did they send in a large Seal team in a Chinook for an operation like this? Military commanders sometimes do stupid things, but I have to wonder about that—or about the way the investigation so quickly exonerated them.
Someone ordered all those Seals on to that Chinook - from what I have read, that just isn’t done under any normal circumstances. I truly do beleve that this was an assassination and that it was a warning to others. There really are no depths to which this evil group won’t take us if we let them.
This was the (alleged) SEAL team hitching a ride with a bunch of others on a “bus” headed out of the area several days after the assault. They used modified Blackhawk helicopters for the assault on Bin Laden’s compound. The Chinook was being used as a regular transport, which it excels at. There was only one helicopter in US inventory capable of handling more weight than the Chinook, and it was phased out a few years ago. The Chinook is no worse than any other non-attack helicopter in our inventory.