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Trouble One

Bissonnette says the point man pulled the two women out of the way and shoved them into a corner and he and the other SEALs trained their guns' laser sites on bin Laden's still-twitching body, shooting him several times until he lay motionless. The SEALs later found two weapons stored by the doorway, untouched, the author said.

Trouble Two

In another possibly uncomfortable revelation for U.S. officials who say bin Laden's body was treated with dignity before being given a full Muslim burial at sea, the author reveals that in the cramped helicopter flight out of the compound, one of the SEALs called "Walt" was sitting on bin Laden's chest as the body lay at the author's feet in the middle of the cabin.

Possible Trouble Three

Did the Team have helmet cams during the operation?

Ouze wrote:

I know it absolutely kills Republicans that Obama said as a candidate he'd send troops into into Pakistan to get OBL if need be, and was roundly mocked by all for it, and then he actually did it and was successful, but it would be awesome if you guys could, you know, let go of the partisan butthurt on this one and just be happy that someone who killed a lot of Americans is no longer able to plan attacks on our country.

This.

He was supposedly public enemy #1 and the Reps loved to talk endlessly pre-obama about "you can run but you cant hide" , but it just eats them up inside that they couldnt take credit for his death.

They couldnt tell us enough how much they wanted to get him, and now that we got him they cant tell us enough how Obama somehow did wrong by doing so...

If he had of been killed on a Rep. president's watch they would have flown the president in in full seal gear to stage a photo op over the dead body, but somehow we are supposed to think that his death is a bad thing because Obama is in office when he got what he had coming.

Well then..
http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-tells-ex-seal-could-face-legal-action-013735101--abc-news-topstories.html

Throw the book at 'em.

Question: Can the Pentagon stop the book from being released? Or, is the cat already out the bag?

What a surprise, what should we expect from a book that skipped the vetting process in place for books like this.

Its being vetted nowh

 Jihadin wrote:
Its being vetted nowh

Bring vetted and being told to expect charges are not exactly the same process.

But I am sure it will boost the sales to the "evil Obama forced his military to take out the parts that made him look bad" crowd.

Maybe this election is just making me jaded.

 Jihadin wrote:
It's being vetted now

Oh yeah, that's really useful.

I'm sure the publisher will totally comply if they get told to take all the books back as the author violated OpSec and lied through his teeth in writing it.

He's already being informed about violating his NDA about mission details and possible prosecution. See what happens on the 4th.
Pentagon already asserted the Seals reacted properly to the head shot.
So the writer going to make a killing on this by sales already. Its business
Now either the Pentagon has to debunk what he wrote or leave it be.
Now Obama has to decide if he can continue to run with OBL kill since there's issues about the mission.

So:

1) Guy makes it clear he doesn't like Obama in his book.
2) He releases it on 9/11 (only changed later)
3) He has details that never came from any other person critical of Obama who all wrote books criticizing everything about this mission and who claim to have access to everybody involved.
4) He violated his NDA.
5) He puts his fellow soldiers at risk to make a profit.

But he is the good guy and speaks the truth and Obama is the liar?

i have heard it all now...

You forget where I mention its going to get "ugly for a lot of people"

 Jihadin wrote:
So the writer going to make a killing on this by sales already. Its business

It will probably do Ok for a bit, but only becuase it is an election year, then it will drop like a rock.

 Jihadin wrote:
Now either the Pentagon has to debunk what he wrote or leave it be.

Eh, the Pentagon has better things to do then go after every jackwagon with an political axe to grind. Even if they denied it wouldn't matter, as their are people that want to believe the bs narrative being dropped on them, and they are the ones buying the book more than likely anyway.

 Jihadin wrote:
Now Obama has to decide if he can continue to run with OBL kill since there's issues about the mission.

Much like the Pentagon, the President has better things to do then give credence to every partisan hack trying to screw with the election. He damn well can still run on it as it was still under his administration that it happened. There are issues about the mission in the same way there are issues about the moon landing.

Who's running the moon landing this season?

 Jihadin wrote:
Who's running the moon landing this season?

The amateurs.

The pro's are faking a mars landing this year. In reality it is just a small rover being pushed around by soldiers in Afghanistan. You said yourself that you noticed the similarity.

 Jihadin wrote:
Who's running the moon landing this season?

Do a google search. People still think it was a hoax, showing that people will believe what they want to believe. There are people who want to believe that the manure that this guy is selling them is the truth and no denial from the Pentagon or White House is going to change that. It isn't worth wasting the time or energy. They need to check it make sure he actually isn't leaking anything really illegal, but other than that they can't control someone releasing a book of fiction.

I know people think its a hoax becuase they say the radiation would kill the astronauts or something close to that. Why I won't go to Mars. I be espectin FoB's and port a potties....on a side note Bastion/Leatherneck had the best port a potty. Nothing but Chuck Norris are allowed to be written on the walls.