I’m all for raiding nations that harbor terrorists whether they know it or not. The two-faced diplomacy of Pakistan is impossible to fathom without high level clearance.
And, we don’t know if this was a black-ops. There might have been a contingency for all of those heroes to have been “acting rogue” if things went sour, in “defiance of orders”, such as “overzealous interpretation of their mission”. Could have been ready to make an officer the fall guy. Not unheard of during democrat administrations.
Tortured POWs made to confess are easily discredited. Hurts morale, but what does a democrat care?
That contingency could easily have been purged after the fact.
All true. But I’m beginning to lean towards the idea that we had Paki assistance. I read that someone saw a BBC news report that neighbors were told to stay inside and keep their lights off just before the raid.