Navy Seal Commander of raid that killed Osama Bin Laden told to keep his mouth shut.

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

http://news.yahoo.com/navy-seal-commander-advised-hell-media-204338410--abc-news.html

snip from link: ..."Since the time when your wonderful team went and drug bin Laden out and got rid of him, and more recently when you went down and rescued the group in Somalia, or wherever the hell they were, they've been splashing all of this all over the media," Vaught, 85, said. "I flat don't understand that.

Now back when my special operators extracted Saddam [Hussein] from the hole, we didn't say one damn word about it," he continued. "We turned him over to the local commander and told him to claim that his forces drug him out of the hole, and he did so. And we just faded away and kept our mouth shut.

"Now I'm going to tell you, one of these days, if you keep publishing how you do this, the other guy's going to be there ready for you, and you're going to fly in and he's going to shoot down every damn helicopter and kill every one of your SEALs. Now, watch it happen. Mark my words. Get the hell out of the media,"......

 

[Peregrinator]

The SEALs are notorious in the spec ops community for shooting off their mouths and courting the attention.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

The SEALs are notorious in the spec ops community for shooting off their mouths and courting the attention.

Perhaps so, but NOT to the media or anyone outside the special ops community.

 

[Peregrinator]

Perhaps so, but NOT to the media or anyone outside the special ops community.

No, I mean they're notorious for doing exactly that. I agree that they shouldn't, and they do keep some things secret, but they're just not as tight-lipped as the other spec ops groups.

 

[KingOrfeo]

. . . if you keep publishing how you do this . . .

Do military techniques ever stay secret for long anyway?

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

No, I mean they're notorious for doing exactly that. I agree that they shouldn't, and they do keep some things secret, but they're just not as tight-lipped as the other spec ops groups.

Right. The Navy Seals are considered hi profile these days. It is 'their turn' to be the focal point of the media. All the more reason for Seal team members to stay out of the public eye, especially the Commander of such a special force, who is suppose to lead by example. Commander McRaven is offering up 'disinformation' or trying to explain away why this or that was a failure or success. All equally dangerous to special ops missions. He should not be the person to do so. He should leave such a PR tactic to diplomats (politicians). An enemy would be able to use such information to their advantage. Particularly considering such chatter is coming from the lips of a special ops leader. Loose lips sink ships.

Do military techniques ever stay secret for long anyway?

Some do, some don't. The person advising Commander McRaven to stay out of the media is retired General James Vaught. Considered the first commander ever of SOF Delta Force. The group that failed in the Iran hostage rescue of '79, during the transition from Carter to Reagan. Vaught speaks from the voice of experience and knows what he is talking about.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Maybe I haven't kept up enough on the details of the Bin Ladin story but it seems that since we had to blow up one of he choppers anyway that the bad guys already knew the gist of what happened anyway. The only think talking to the media did was let the public know.

 

[Peregrinator]

The SEALs are notorious in the spec ops community for shooting off their mouths and courting the attention.
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[Obama_2012]

I recall seeing the video of Hussein being captured, yet I do not recall seeing video about Osama . . .

 

[Obama_2012]

The SEALs are notorious in the spec ops community for shooting off their mouths and courting the attention.
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Learn how to quote.

 

[Peregrinator]

The SEALs are notorious in the spec ops community for shooting off their mouths and courting the attention.
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Isn't that odd?



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[miles]

What evidence is there that the Seals can't keep quiet? Obama is exploiting their sacrifices and heroics to make himself look good.

Quite a commentary of his bankrupt morality: never accept responsibility when things go wrong, but stand front and center to take the credit for something he didn't take part in.

 

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[RobDownSouth]

What evidence is there that the Seals can't keep quiet? Obama is exploiting their sacrifices and heroics to make himself look good.

Quite a commentary of his bankrupt morality: never accept responsibility when things go wrong, but stand front and center to take the credit for something he didn't take part in.

^^^^
Lit's most infamous serial adulterer lecturin' us on someone else's "bankrupt morality" = textbook definition of "irony".

 

[KRCummings]

http://news.yahoo.com/navy-seal-commander-advised-hell-media-204338410--abc-news.html

snip from link: ..."Since the time when your wonderful team went and drug bin Laden out and got rid of him, and more recently when you went down and rescued the group in Somalia, or wherever the hell they were, they've been splashing all of this all over the media," Vaught, 85, said. "I flat don't understand that.

Now back when my special operators extracted Saddam [Hussein] from the hole, we didn't say one damn word about it," he continued. "We turned him over to the local commander and told him to claim that his forces drug him out of the hole, and he did so. And we just faded away and kept our mouth shut.

"Now I'm going to tell you, one of these days, if you keep publishing how you do this, the other guy's going to be there ready for you, and you're going to fly in and he's going to shoot down every damn helicopter and kill every one of your SEALs. Now, watch it happen. Mark my words. Get the hell out of the media,"......

So the guy who had nothing to do with it is claiming he captured Hussein and people are listening?
Sonny linked me to a guy who claims Stephen King killed John Lennon. I figure the retired General is on the same level as that guy.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Senile old military guys need to keep their yaps shut.

 

[KRCummings]

What evidence is there that the Seals can't keep quiet? Obama is exploiting their sacrifices and heroics to make himself look good.

Quite a commentary of his bankrupt morality: never accept responsibility when things go wrong, but stand front and center to take the credit for something he didn't take part in.

The SEALS are well known for hogging the spotlight. Anyone who's served knows that so of course I wouldn't expect you to, coward.

 

[KRCummings]

There's a movie coming out that stars active duty SEALS. It's a blatant recruiting and self-promotion movie.
I find those kinds of movies funny because nobody enticed to join is actually going to make the SEALS. Hell, most probably wouldn't make it through Boot.

 

[RobDownSouth]

There's a movie coming out that stars active duty SEALS. It's a blatant recruiting and self-promotion movie.
I find those kinds of movies funny because nobody enticed to join is actually going to make the SEALS. Hell, most probably wouldn't make it through Boot.

God, the internet feed of the Super Bowl last Sunday replaced half of the commercials with the promo for the SEALS movie.

It reminded me of Channel 17 in Atlanta before Ted Turner bought them...they had one single advertiser and played the same commercial over and over and over....

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

SEAL's aren't that tough.

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[Sean]

Drug is not the past participle of the verb to drag, for fuck's sake.

 

[Peregrinator]

The SEALS are well known for hogging the spotlight. Anyone who's served knows that so of course I wouldn't expect you to, coward.

One of them once showed miles he was wrong, so he put them all on ignore.

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

look mommy at the the spec ops experts.

 

[Sean]

look mommy at the the spec ops experts.

I miss Hanns.

 

[KRCummings]

I miss Hanns.

Yes, the Special Forces/mercenary/cold blooded killer of Literotica.