Should Obama have named the Seal team?

[Bennyboy]

A question my Mom asked. Not sure how she came to pose the q but a valid one anyway. She says now they are living in fear. Or should be for retaliation by Muslim Extremists. They were at the White House now everyone knows who they are.

Should they have been left to anonymity? Their stories told later rather than sooner?

Of course there is a huge financial trade off for being named. The books, the movies the careers living off the raid etc....

[Thrill]

1. What do you mean?

Their names haven't been released. And I don't recall them being at the WH either

[pinboy3niner]

15. No, not at the WH. He met them at Ft. Campbell, KY

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/obama-meets-with-participants-in-raid-that-killed-bin-laden/2011/05/06/AF1QaqAG_story.html


ETA: It was a private meeting at an undisclosed location on post. The team members were not 'outed' by meeting with the President and VP.

[Bennyboy]

16. well the press etc..(but yeah good info)

okay.

[DevonRex]

19. The press didn't even see them.

[Thrill]

26. The Press hasn't seen them or know their names

has she been listening to one of those wacky conservative talk shows?

[drm604]

2. He actually named them?

That seems unwise. Are you sure?

[Bennyboy]

13. No not by name but the outfit. Sorry might have been unclear..

make them easy enough to find the info I think.

[DevonRex]

20. LoL. No. That info is highly classified.

[pinboy3niner]

23. Exactly. The President did not identify their unit. nt

[geardaddy]

3. Yes, he should have named them Sparky.

[blondeatlast]

17. That's my kitteh's name! nt

[damntexdem]

32. Does your cat claim to be a Navy SEAL?

I mean, there's been entirely too much of that among humans -- we don't need more among cats. Or orcas, either.

[pinboy3niner]

34. It figures. Darn cats always think they're so 'elite'!

:)

[blondeatlast]

35. He did, but I told him straight up that I knew that on the night in question

he was prowling for a cricket, not a tyrannical, porn lovin', murderous asshole geek.

He looked uncomfortable, went on about his business, then laid said cricket at my feet about a half-hour later.

[pinboy3niner]

40. Amazing how he broke into the cricket's fortified compound...

...completed his mission, and delivered the indisputable proof to you that he got the right cricket. Kitteh Team Six strikes again! :)

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

42. And said cricket was buried at--well, KINDA at sea. It was water, anyway...

:rofl:

[pinboy3niner]

43. ROFL!

:toast:

[geardaddy]

41. kewt!

That was the name of the performing seal at the local zoo.

[sharp_stick]

4. I don't believe they have been named

have they? That would be highly unusual.

[SteppingRazor]

5. The fact that he named them is news to me. I hadn't heard that anywhere.

And, really, I don't think it actually happened. I'm kind of a news junkie (aren't we all here at DU?) and I'm fairly certain this would be discussed heavily on the cable shows.

[rucky]

6. He didn't. This is BS:

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-06/world/bin.laden.main_1_terror-plot-al-qaeda-members-bin?_s=PM:WORLD

A senior administration official told CNN the meeting between Obama and members of SEAL Team Six would take place at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it would be a private meeting.

[FSogol]

7. Their names are classified. n/t

[MineralMan]

8. I don't believe any of their names have been released.

Ask your Mom where she heard that. Sounds like RW propaganda to me.

[MidwestTransplant]

9. Tell your mom to stay off the Faux and Rush.

[truebrit71]

10. No names. The SEALS are living in fear of the muslim extremists? Don't make me laugh...

...They weren't at the White House, the Prez went to them, more than likely for the very reason of privacy..

I am absolutely certain their story will be told, and sooner rather than later...In fact the Director of 'The Hurt Locker' itself an oscar-winning war film, has already looked at turning her latest project into a story about the raid...

[damntexdem]

36. I would imagine that some terrorists are living in fear of the SEALs.

And the names of a lot of the terrorists ARE known.

[Erose999]

11. I don't think he should name them. They deserve anonymity/privacy. Most of the vets I know don't

think it's right to celebrate the act of killing in such a way as people are doing about OBL. I mean the way people are dancing in the streets and such... If I had to cope with having killed him on my conscious I would not want to be exposed to that.

[EFerrari]

12. This "concern" is the right wing's attempt to slam the president

and it's a pretty weak one. No names have been released.

[undeterred]

14. We know that one of them is around six feet tall.

That detail should never have been released.

[blondeatlast]

21. I heard there were two 6 footers. Wait, no, six tw-footers?

Damn blonde moments!

[damntexdem]

38. Yeah, it narrows it down to maybe half of the people in the military.

;-)

(Hey, the "half" is hyperbole.)

[Blue-Jay]

18. Provide for us the name of ONE guy that was involved in that mission.

Betcha can't do it.

[dipsydoodle]

22. What you got in mind

Moe, Curly , Larry etc. ,

[Bennyboy]

24. Let me backtrack.. Not name person by person but the unit...

at all. Or should he have said navy Seals Unit and left it at that. Or highly trained operatives etc.

I asked her where she got the question and it was not from FOX. She mentioned this a few days ago too....In fact she watches more MSNBC than FOX and more Food Channel than anything.

[DevonRex]

27. It's just like if he said CIA team #2. Nobody knows who that is.

Not even their families.

[Thrill]

28. The Unit name doesn't tell anyone anything

. They are in no danger. You have to know who is in a certain unit. Which no one on the outside knows

[pinboy3niner]

29. The President did not name their unit

News reports indicated he did not name a unit even when the press asked him if it was 'Seal Team Six.' He mentioned no unit designation at all.

[blondeatlast]

31. Well, in that case...

yes, he should have.

Let's think about what most Americans know about the Navy SEALS pre and post ObL.

Pre-ObL:
*They are tough.
*Demi Moore was in a movie about them.

Post-ObL:
*All of the above
*There's at least 6 teams.

Yeah, I betcha they are just cowering in fear now. :eyes:

[Aviation Pro]

25. No....

...often the average American has all the situational awareness of a fart.

[Wait Wut]

30. No, SEALs not named, but...

...the name Obama isn't very common. Pretty concerned about his daughters.

[newblewtoo]

46. I have been thinking

the same thing for awhile now. Those poor girls will have to have security the rest of their lives. Sick, wacko, extremists have nothing but time for revenge. Imagine waking to every sound in the night and wondering if a nutcase was hell bent on making a statement with your life.

[Wait Wut]

47. "...making a statement with your life."

That gave me chills to the point of nausea. You have a way with words.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Anybody who knows a thing about how JSOC works

would know that it was either SEAL TEAM SIX, or a few other outfits.

The number of teams we have is really small, the community is really small... and the number of units that can do this is really small.

Counting support personnel... we are taking 5K people TOPS.

Oh and I forgot... identity of these people is HIGHLY CLASSIFIED.

There is more... NONE of those operators will make a red cent out of this. This is one of those missions that is deep sixed (IDs that is) so far down it is not even funny.

Perhaps in forty years... maybe... it will be safe enough when somebody will be allowed to speak.

[Renew Deal]

37. Yes

There's nothing wrong with it.

[RagAss]

39. I'm guessing this is so deep in secrecy....they weren't even SEALS.

[blondeatlast]

44. Para-

meciums?

[pinboy3niner]

45. Manatees

:evilgrin:

[Brother Buzz]

48. This is Double Super Secret Background: They were Giants