SEAL Target Geronimo

I found the book creditable, interesting, and entertaining when it came to speculation about the political infighting around Bin Laden’s circle. Characterizing Seals as Jedi masters may help civilians visualize who these people are, but repeating the characterization was unnecessary and perhaps childish. Some readers may find Mr. Pfarrer’s style amateurish, neither adding or detracting from the story from my perspective. Yet that is one reason the book gets three stars from me.

I appreciate Pfarrer's effort to build a macro perspective by interviewing his fellow Seals (assuming he is who he says he is and did as he says he did). Perhaps the most valuable information for the public is the tale of how Bush’s Administration failed to secure chemical weapons after invading Iraq, how that may yet be the tool of future terror attacks, and why the media, Bush, and Obama Administrations don’t want the information publicized. That may be why the Public Broadcast system conducted a nationwide alert for the first time since it was created.

In my opinion, the account of Bush and Obama administration failures and coverups seems accurate, having seen similar events unfold from an inside perspective (how our leaders not only failed to stop nuclear weapon proliferation, but helped accelerate it). Unfortunately, the most politically astute are usually inept at getting real work done. Every now and then, politicians seem to bumble their way into a good decision, such as authorizing Neptune's Sphere. Then selfish ambition causes politicians to snatch defeat from a stunning victory, such as spoiling the intelligence from Nepune's Sphere or failing to secure Iraq's chemical weapons after a successful invasion. All of this is driven home by Pfarrer -- learn more by reading Pfarrer's book, which I recommend.

Thanks to Seal Teams everywhere. May you and your families enjoy the fruits of your labor and dedication, remaining anonymous and healthy.

We have a saying in the SEAL Teams about the 90-10 rule. It goes: 90% of the guys that make it through BUD/S training are solid Operators and go on to do great things. The other 10% are constantly bringing the community and their team down.

We are always trying to cull the 10% out of the herd. In the military these guys are commonly referred to as “strap hangers”. You make up your own mind, but after talking to friends in the SEAL community that are still on active duty (and the SOCOM Press Release) Chuck Pfarrer (author) is clearly falling into the 10% category in my opinion. His clenched fists are grabbing at the straps of the good men that participated in this operation.

It makes me sick to my stomach that this guy (FYI-anyone that co-wrote that lame Charlie Sheen screen play for Navy SEALs should be shot on sight) is lying. Why didn’t he just publish this as a work of fiction? It would have sold just as many copies. Even worse is that this news will surely drive his sales into the hundreds of thousands, if not millions of copies sold. Also, the conspiracy freaks will be sure to latch onto this literary piece of garbage and argue for its existence into oblivion.

My advice: don't buy lies.

Son Tay Raid rehearsed in Omaha? The first tidbit that made me question this book. From that point forward, I had to call into question everything written in this book. In fact after I read that little tidbit, I went back and reread other parts that I had read through. Zarkari was killed when a JDAMS was dropped on the house he was in, not as the result of a drone strike. You would think that a someone who was writing a book and including things such as the Son Tay raid would have researched it better. BTW the Son Tay raid was rehearsed at Eglin AFB in Florida. Why? Well because there is an axiom in the military which says "Train as you Fight". If you are going to fight in jungle terrain (vietnam) you trian in jungle terrain (the closest you can come in the United States is Eglin AFB part of which encompasses the Everglades. Pfarrer either didn't bother to research this or didn't have enough respect for the buyers of the book to do the proper research. Those two little missteps caused me to question the rest of the book. And then two days later, the SEAL community calls the book a "pack of lies", and call into question Pfarrer himself. Save your money