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<blockquote data-quote="HackerF15E" data-source="post: 1906790" data-attributes="member: 9689"><p>Pretty good book, all things considered. I think I agree with the author's insistence that he wrote it to have a truthful recording of the event in the public domain. I don't see any political slant to it, outside of the jabs at the CINC for the operation "getting him re-elected". That sounds like a typical, cynical military man's view of the disconnect between politics and military operations.</p><p></p><p>Most surprising was that it wasn't a "look how awesome I am" story from the author -- just a humble recollection of some of the things he'd done in his career in an elite military unit. That attitude jives with most of the folks I've met who do that job.</p><p></p><p>Let's face it: we'd know it was untrue if the story about the Maersk Alabama had him actually participating in the shooting and recovery of the Captain. By his story basically being, "I was a bystander, but those snipers who did the shooting were awesome," it shows that he's recounting at least something close to the truth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HackerF15E, post: 1906790, member: 9689"] Pretty good book, all things considered. I think I agree with the author's insistence that he wrote it to have a truthful recording of the event in the public domain. I don't see any political slant to it, outside of the jabs at the CINC for the operation "getting him re-elected". That sounds like a typical, cynical military man's view of the disconnect between politics and military operations. Most surprising was that it wasn't a "look how awesome I am" story from the author -- just a humble recollection of some of the things he'd done in his career in an elite military unit. That attitude jives with most of the folks I've met who do that job. Let's face it: we'd know it was untrue if the story about the Maersk Alabama had him actually participating in the shooting and recovery of the Captain. By his story basically being, "I was a bystander, but those snipers who did the shooting were awesome," it shows that he's recounting at least something close to the truth. [/QUOTE]
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