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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man By Dalton Fury St. Martin's Press; 320 pages...
...Gist: In a rare and personal report on the much-speculated-upon Battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, former Delta Force commander Dalton Fury attempts to lay to rest the inconsistencies, inaccuracies and falsities which he says were perpetuated amid the hunt for Osama bin Laden in December 2001. Fury blames an "excitement-starved general public," a clueless intelligence community, an even more clueless press corps and the need to keep Delta Force operations classified for a misguided account of the operation that he calls "fantastic and exciting stuff, but utter hogwash...
...thick mustaches or goatees. The mystery men grabbed small black bags from the truck, walked on to the plane, and took seats on the cold metal flooring without a word, a gesture, or even a simple hello. They didn't check in with anyone. ... It was my introduction to Delta...
...Some great mind once said that there are two kinds of original thinkers. There are those who, upon viewing disorder, try to create order. And the second group does just the reverse. It is made up of those who, on encountering order, try to create disorder. That's us. Delta operators thrive on chaos like no other group of humans alive. It's intoxicating. It's intense. And it is extraordinarily addictive...
...American media for printing lies in order to satisfy the public need for a story, he acknowledges that the "world is interested" in learning of the events of bin Laden's non-capture - an about-face seeming to serve mostly Fury's need to pat himself and the other Delta fighters on the back for more than 300 pages. His detailed account borders on idolatry not only for himself, but also for his fellow comrades - "the boys" as he repeatedly refers to them...