Much has been written recently about an unwritten code that exists among members of Special Forces, whether Army or Navy. That code is based on a deep respect for and obligation to your fellow soldiers.
Robert O'Neill is a former member of Seal Team Six, who has gone public and taken the glory for killing Osama bin Laden. If this is a technically criminal act, I hope he will be tried and buried under the jail. In my opinion, he does not deserve to be buried with the good men in a veteran's cemetery.
If it is not a technically criminal act, he is still "dead" to other Special Forces troopers. Although Mr. O'Neill has thrown out a few platitudes about his fellow Seal Team members, it only takes one blowhard glory-hound to denigrate, cheapen, and disrespect the other soldiers who took just as much risk as he did. Personally, as an old Special Forces officer myself, I would not throw him a life-preserver if I saw him drowning.
Besides, what kind of man puts his family at risk, just for his own glory?
