Former SEAL Who Says He Shot Bin Laden Appears To Muse About Insurrection
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Former SEAL Who Says He Shot Bin Laden Appears To Muse About Insurrection
David Moye
Thu, August 19, 2021, 4:03 PM
Oh, how times have changed.
Back in May 2011, Robert O’Neill was one of the Navy SEALs responsible for hunting down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. O’Neill later claimed to be the man who actually killed the terrorist leader.
But on Thursday, the former SEAL commented on the Biden administration’swithdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan with a tweet suggesting he is envious of how the Taliban was able to quickly take back the country.
He then shockingly suggested he wouldn’t mind doing the same in the U.S.
The tweet was one of several O’Neill posted criticizing President Joe Biden and the way his administration has handled the withdrawal.
HuffPost reached out to O’Neill for comment about the fiery tweet, but did not immediately receive a response.
However, many Twitter users pointed out that his comments went beyond expressing a political opinion to appearing to fantasize about another violent insurrection in the U.S.
O’Neill’s life has taken some strange turns since 2011.
He first came forward claiming to be the specific soldier who killed bin Laden in 2014 ― which sparked controversy among at least some of the 24 Navy SEALs who carried out the raid, because they were all sworn to secrecy, CBS News reported.
In 2015, O’Neill parlayed the notoriety into a contributor gig on Fox News. In 2019 he attempted to launch a stand-up comedy career.
Last August, he was banned from Delta Air Lines for not wearing a mask on a flight, and in October, he criticized then-President Donald Trump for promoting a false conspiracy theory that the SEALs actually killed a body double of bin Laden.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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You've got Mo Brooks inciting the domestic terrorist mob on 1/6/21 and now supporting the domestic terrorist who had a bomb threat in DC yesterday. Now this guy fantasizing about inciting another insurrection here.
JFC.
I doubt he was the one who killed Bin Laden. He was supposed to keep his mouth shut about it.
"He first came forward claiming to be the specific soldier who killed bin Laden in 2014 ― which sparked controversy among at least some of the 24 Navy SEALs who carried out the raid, because they were all sworn to secrecy, CBS News reported."
I doubt it too TG. What a scumbag!
he's the perfect representative of trumpsters among active and retired service members who have abandoned their oath to defend the constitution and are now devoted to trump and fascism.