tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post3571733735307477715..comments2024-03-17T16:53:40.334+05:30Comments on WINNOWED: Book Review: “Seal Target Geronimo – The Inside Story Of The Mission To Kill Osama Bin Laden” by Chuck PfarrerWinnowedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11073005581801465319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post-18853531449369429132022-08-03T15:43:58.350+05:302022-08-03T15:43:58.350+05:30This book came out six months after the mission we...This book came out six months after the mission went down. First means you're doing this book while all the details are still classified except what's being said, but nothing truly specific cuz they're using the intelligence gathered to do all sorts of things related to national security. Next The amount of work necessary to put out even this basic of a book is substantial. Interviews, meetings, scheduling, the actual writing, editing, and then all the behind the scenes stuff with the publisher. Yet is on shelves six months later. Not surprised a lot was total shit. The amount of time I have spent on just the bin laden mission alone through books documentaries, movies, internet, interviews, etc is hard to believe. I not only knew shit was not correct from the get go but knew what really happened in each instance. I mean to hear so much that you have never heard anything remotely close to what you're reading is maddening. I read comments elsewhere from around the time the book was first out and they were eating it up. Just like it was common knowledge. It's surprising to see a guy that is former Team Six to write such an over the top book of less than truthfulness. What I really want to know is why. And not just the operation itself which is not till the very end of the boo, but the WMD chapter too. That's the most shocking part. But I guess he made a ton of money for the book so mission accomplished. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3888736451965206055.post-18965064241416335812012-01-29T00:27:26.317+05:302012-01-29T00:27:26.317+05:30His criticism of President Obama is seems a bit mi...His criticism of President Obama is seems a bit misplaced as well. He is a Navy Seal with a specific mission, not the big picture that a sitting president is in. Pfarrer implys that Obama decided not to limit equipment/cover by not using available fixed wing support and better helicopters, supposedly so that if the mission went bad, the President could deny US involvement. Excuse me? How does he know why his boss makes decisions. And how on earth would any one believe that the US was not involved if 2 US Navy helicopters were captured. And about the helicopters....The tail section of the helicopter that was destroyed looked pretty high tech to me. He is a very brave Navy Seal and very an expert at what Navy Seals do, but he should stick to writing about his part of the mission and not trying to pretend he had the big picture view. I am an ex military helicopter pilot, and the pilots and crew typically know just what is needed for a successful mission...which by itself is alot to take in. Regardless, I give the Navy Seal high marks, and President Obama, and anyone else that was involved in this. The world was made a safer place. A true "Mission Accomplished".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com