Book Review: SEAL Target Geronimo

SEAL Target Geronimo – The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden
Author: Chuck Pfarrer

As a former SEAL operator, Pfarrer gives an “okay” rendition of the story.
I’ve read No Easy Day, written “supposedly” by the man who pulled the trigger.  And No Easy Day is a better account of the story.
These books differ in how it actually went down.  I trust the guy who had boots on the ground more than a former operator for the “true” account.

What Pfarrer chooses to do is spend ONE chapter on the mission.  The rest of the book is the history of SEAL Team Six, Osama, Muslims, and the wars we have fought.
So these two books are truly different in their approach to “Geronimo.  Echo.  KIA.”  Bin Laden.  Enemy.  Killed-in-Action.
Sorry, Spoiler Alert – the boat sinks.

Consider the books complementary.  Read them both.

Pfarrer pulls no punches and gives details not previously known about all things “secret.”
He slams Dick Marcinco (founder of SEAL Team Six), Republicans, Democrats, Obama, GW, the FBI, the CIA, and anyone else who has failed – in his eyes.  No political bias.
It’s scary to think that if even 10% of what Pfarrer states is true, the incompetence at the highest levels of government is incomprehensible and very scary.
You will also learn about programs (Ghost Hawk helicopters, missiles, computers, secret rooms, drones, etc) that up to this point were not public knowledge.  Interesting.

There is a quote in the book from a reporter.  I’ll paraphrase it like this:  Iraq had WMDs.  The Democrats & Liberal Media won’t report it because they have invested ten years in telling the lie that they did not.  The Republicans won’t admit it either because in attacking, the WMDs were dispersed into Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, etc.  It was the worst possible thing we could have done.

The history of ‘jihad’ and Al Queda, though represented well, is difficult to understand.  It makes no logical sense and only serves to reinforce the point that you cannot negotiate with criminals or insane people.
After finishing the book, I find it incredulous that we would even CONSIDER allowing Iran to have nukes.  There is absolutely no good that will come of this.

The book itself is an easy one to read.  I did find myself, on at least five occasions, having to stop and look up words that I did not know.  I’m not a very smart man, Jenny…
It made me think that the author was trying to prove his intellect.  I’m not just some dumb SEAL operator…see how smart I be?

The story flows well and I never found myself in disagreement with the author.  It’s not boring, like a historical account.  Instead, I found it educational, entertaining, and scary to read.

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