Posted on 11/16/2011 2:01:16 PM PST by mandaladon
In a rare on-the-record denial, U.S. Special Operations Command has come forward to dispute the story told in a controversial new book exploring how al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden met his end at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALS.
“It’s just not true,” said Col. Tim Nye, U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman of the account told in Chuck Pfarrer’s new book “SEAL Target Geronimo.”
“It’s not how it happened.”
Pfarrer, a former Navy SEAL himself, says the Obama administration has a political interest in sticking to its guns, and that he has staked his career on the facts in his book.
“I think it’s very important that the administration itself push back on this. They have never really come out with a complete story,” said Pfarrer, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller. “The story they did come out with was a series of factoids: a 45-minute firefight, the deliberate wounding of a woman, a ground–up assault, trying to explain how a helicopter landed on the wrong side of a 20-foot wall and a 10-foot steel gate.”
Pfarrer, whose tale rejects each of those claims, says that the administration’s story — told most comprehensively by The New Yorker — was borne of haphazard political expedience.
“I’m afraid it’s a bit embarrassing for them. Almost everything that was released about the mission, aside from what the president said, was incorrect,” claims Pfarrer. “They had to reel in everything they said. They got tired of correcting themselves, and I think the final method of damage control was simply to freeze the story, stop the narrative where they left it.”
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I trust in this Navy Seal!
Gosh, I don’t know....a lyin sack o’ crap like Obama or this Navy SEAL. (weighing motion) hmmmm.....who to believe.....
Well it took longer than I thought it would .....:o)
From what I’ve read, I don’t trust the author either.
Paging Scott Coleman...
Patriot Chuck Pfarrer ping ...
I have heard from some SOCOM guys that there are sensationalized elements in this story. This is a “November Sierra, there we were” story, told by someone who was not there.
...took the words right outa my mouth. :-)
He was on Howie Carr last night. He said none of the multiple explanations from the White House resembles a Seal Operation. He was also in Seal team 6 so I guess he knows how one is executed.
What have you read that would lead you not to believe in the author? (i’m assuming you mean the author of the book, not the author of the article)
Do you mean he’s a story teller?
RLY?
I got suckered?
It wouldn’t be the first time!!!
I believe one of the more prominent posters on this site knows Chuck Pfarrer personally and speaks highly of him.
Mmm...mmm...mmmmmmm....I agree with you. It’s a toughie!
How many versions did the Obama’s people put out for public consumption? 20 or 30? Maybe more???
Fictionalized, but based on facts. Much better than Pfarrer’s war story.
I heard him on Savage recently and his version seems way more believable than the Pathological Liar-In-Chief!
Let me see, one one side we have the world greatest patholigical liar in Mac daddy and on the other side we have a brave navy seal with no axe to grind.
I do believe we have a clear winner in the story:
Drum roll - hands down it is the navy seal.
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