Americans want chance to talk to SEALs in bin Laden raid, whether to thank or question
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SAN DIEGO — Patrons in bars across the country are raising toasts in the air, hoping the gesture of gratitude would somehow reach the clandestine Navy SEAL team that took down Osama bin Laden. Millions of others are turning to social networks with their thoughts.
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Chicago alderman James Balcer, a Marines veteran, said he would like the city to hold a ticker-tape parade for the unit.
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Jardieu-Aderman said she and her husband donated to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in honor of the elite group that raided the compound Sunday in Pakistan.
The Virginia-based Navy SEAL Foundation, which helps the families of SEALs, says their donations have surged dramatically since the news of the raid.
AWESOME ! Amazing, fearless heroes .. God love ‘em.
Our own TravisMcGee was a Navy Seal!!!
He said: "The authority here was to kill bin Laden. And obviously, under the rules of engagement, if he had in fact thrown up his hands, surrendered and didn't appear to be representing any kind of threat, then they were to capture him. But they had full authority to kill him.
"To be frank, I don't think he had a lot of time to say anything. It was a firefight going up that compound. And by the time they got to the third floor and found bin Laden, I think it - this was all split-second action on the part of the Seals."
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Heartening, that Pannetta appears to be a grownup.
I disagree with the “heros welcome parade” for these guys.
In fact- as far as I’m concerned we should only have known that a “special ops force” conducted this raid. I don’t like it one bit that we know as much as we do about who carried this out (don’t we have Joe Biden to thank for that info?).
I think it’s vital to keep these guys unknown and anonymous heros...you can bank on the fact that some islamist operatives are currently trying to track them down.