Esquire profiles Navy SEAL that killed Osama bin Laden
On May 1, 2011, a member of the United States Navy SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden.
Esquire profiles Navy SEAL that killed Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden (AP Photo)
On May 1, 2011, a member of the United States Navy SEAL Team Six shot and killed Osama bin Laden. Now, nearly two years later, Esquire has published a profile on the man who pulled the trigger.
"The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden... Is Screwed," starts with this sentence:
The man who shot and killed Osama bin Laden sat in a wicker chair in my backyard, wondering how he was going to feed his wife and kids or pay for their medical care.
Comments (45)
Wait, I thought Obama single handedly killed Bin Laden?— TomM- I have not read the article just this one. However, the answer is rather clear. If true, which I doubt, Obama s=must make sure that these men are given special care. I realize that returning soldiers don't always get a lucrative career, but this must be an exception.
— DarnelX - ...Navy seal who, not Navy seal that, Mr. hedline writer. You are writing about a person, not about a thing.— Jinchesco
Just another example of Obama's disregarding one of his "hired guns" after they became expendable.
Have no doubt, the military is great but a blind and oblivious military leads to despot countries when commandeered by people and parties bent on a totalitarian state.
Thomas Jefferson knew this when he warned of the threat to liberty with a standing army....— Professor1982- I can't believe the Eagles are keeping Vick. I didn't realize one of the key aspects of Chip Kelly's offense is turning the ball over inside the 10 yard line. Looks like just another wasted year by the Eagles. — AreaMan
- I wonder, did Jefferson's slaves have the right to bear arms?
— Cardinal Fang - You mean the slaves sold by their African chieftains?
— Professor1982 - Call yourself professor without one ounce of brains. Founding fathers never wanted to end slavery, they were making too much money and weren't that enlightened. The revolution wasn't about freedom for all men and women, it was about freedom to earn money without the crown taking it all in taxes and tariffs. Just like the contributors on FOX news said, "If the slaves had the right to bear arms, slavery would have never happened". Sounds kinda like you Professor putz — TexasYankee
- You have the right to hate every black man you want, but please keep it to yourself. As a vet, I sympathize, but I also know that our great RW prez Bush cut VA funding, Obama raised it. I have many issues with our current prez, but I have bigger issues with racist, hatemongering liars like you. Professor? Sounds like you never left Gilligan's island..time to go professor, your coconut is ringing — TexasYankee
Just read the article. On one hand, he elected to leave the military at 17 years in, hence no benefits. It was done with his own free will. As a retired USCG veteran, I understood the ramifications had I left before 20 years service. So did he.
On the other hand, as a vet and taxpayer, I would have no issue with every member of this team receiving full benefits for his paygrade at 20 years. Plus health care. Especially mental health counseling. It's the least we owe each member of that Seal Team 6 for ridding the world of that scumbag. We all owe them that much. His state senator should have been on this yesterday...- WE got rid of Osama and now we got Obama...not much difference— fbpdplt
- Typical rightwing claptrap from fb and the rest. Obama has nothing to so with what servicemen do after they leave. Like any other jobm you qualify for pensions, etc. after a certain number of years or service. You leave your job before you are vested, you get no pension. Any serviceman who left after serving in Iraq under bush, before he reached the years, is in the same boat. But you can't tell righties anything. They think they know everything. — mike l
- What a low class heading for any decent newspaper. You embarrassed yourselves !— candidly
- i thought barry got obama? whose this guy?— raynesrock
- Curious to know why he isn't staying in for his 20 years. Makes no sense.— jimmymack
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