Posted on 11/06/2011 12:09:01 PM PST by PhilosopherStone1000
Direct action doesn’t necessarily mean kill. Direct action means a lot of things.
Might I suggest, 'humbly', that unless you were there or have been in a similar operation that YOU AIN"T GOT A CLUE how fast things can go down - It doesn't take long to kick in a door - - and binie took time to first grab his wife for a body shield...
So I suggest, 'humbly', that you or anyone else, unless you were there or have served in a like situation - STFU.
(Takes a lot to get this little ole great granny's ire up - but you - and others on ths thread, have done done it.)
"Jesse Ventura was NOT, nor was he ever, a Navy SEAL; though part of Underwater Demolition Team 12, he left the Navy 8 years before they were combined with the SEAL Teams, and SEAL status was not retroactive. The 2 NEC's for each are different as well. Ventura, though on active duty during the Vietnam War, never saw any combat action.
Ventura's claim to be a former member of SEAL Team 1 was exposed as a lie by former Navy SEAL Commander Bill Salisbury in his article published in the San Diego Reader."
or maybe you’re full of crap
OK, OK, OK,!!!!
Double Tap with a Kick, maybe, but ‘Kill Mission’, ...Never!
FYI..HEADS UP!!NatGeo channel has a special airing TONIGHT, 9PM EST..”The last hours of Bin Ladin.” worth at least setting the DVR
None of the above. I did wash out of Marine Corps Officer Candidate School at Quantico after one month of delightful boot-camp as an E-1 due to heart palpitations after the first 20 mile march. Prior to enlistment I had to pass all of the aviation paper testing sufficient to demonstrate my capacity to complete training as a navigator-bombardier in the back seat of a Marine F-4 Phantom, but, alas, I had “the wrong stuff” physically.
I read the other day that he’s now retired. He can say whatever he wants now.
“Do you work for the alcu?”
Know your enemy!
I just follow the news and try to figure out possible motivation for spin. The first flip-flop by the Obama Admin was to spin from a narrative where Bin Laden was armed and firing back to one where he wasn’t armed...perhaps after reviewing the video.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54162.html
“White House changes Osama bin Laden account”
“White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday publicly revised the administration’s account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, telling reporters that the Al Qaeda leader wasn’t armed during the assault and didn’t use one of his wives as a shield.
“On Monday evening, the White House had backed away from key details in its narrative about the raid, including claims by senior U.S. officials that bin Laden had a weapon and may have fired it during a gun battle with U.S. forces.”
You miss the point. All we have are anonymous sources, conflicting versions and inconsistencies in descriptions. I am one of those who strongly oppose (see my other posts) the attacks on Herman Cain from anonymous sources. Why should I not question a British newspaper that uses the same tactic? Otherwise, wouldn’t it be that we accept what we want to believe while rejecting what we do not like?
OK everybody who thought it was a kill mission raise your hands. I rest my case. LOL!
Well I’m sorry to hear of your physical problem. Happy to hear tho that you passed all of the qualifications to be a Navigator. I can imagine the thrill of riding back seat on an F-4. Take care of that heart of yours.
The whitehouse staff, poor things, never know when they’re going to be required to revise a story, how many times or which way, at that moment.
Ahhh that is not the way it works in for many people in the DoD, including SEALs
Well, he wasn’t giving up methods and means, and the intel that led them there, only the actual participants’ take and briefest of explanations of what went down. He may have been able to bypass that approval process, or maybe it passed muster because of lack of specifics. But it’s for sure he wanted to retire so he could talk. Obviously he and his guys were ticked off by the jackass in chief and his sidekick.
Not if its classified. Even if you are retired, those national security oaths follow you forever. That's one of the things that is peculiar about these disclosures.
They were not on a "kill mission", they said, and fired only 12 bullets in the entire operation.
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