‘The Nation’ Plays ‘Murder, Incorporated’ Angle in Article About U.S. Special Forces
- Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:02pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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The legendary U.S. Special Forces Unit that took out Osama bin Laden on Sunday has been receiving a lot of press coverage lately–and for good reason. The bravery of those soldiers, the significance of their mission, and the sheer drama with which it was carried out is right out of a Blockbuster thriller.
In an article from The Nation, the U.S. Special Forces are depicted as a class of talented, courageous, elite, and highly dangerous men. Surprisingly, given that it’s The Nation, the writer plays up the “murder, incorporated” angle of the story about JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command):
Col. W. Patrick Lang, a retired Special Forces officer with extensive operational experience throughout the Muslim world, described JSOC’s forces as “sort of like Murder, Incorporated.” He told The Nation: “Their business is killing Al Qaeda personnel. That’s their business. They’re not in the business of converting anybody to our goals or anything like that.” Shortly after the operation was made public, retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey called JSOC’s operators the “most dangerous people on the face of the earth.”
“They’re the ace in the hole. If you were a card player, that’s your ace that you’ve got tucked away,” said Gen. Hugh Shelton, who was the Chair of the Joint Chiefs on 9/11, in an interview with The Nation. Shelton, who also headed the Special Operations Command during his career, described JSOC as “a surgical type of unit,” adding “if you need someone that can sky dive from thirty miles away, and go down the chimney of the castle, and blow it up from the inside—those are the guys you want to call on.” Shelton added, “They are the quiet professionals. They do it, and do it well, but they don’t brag about it. Someone has to toot their horn for them, because they won’t, normally.”
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Comments (122)
hidden_lion
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:05pmIf Obama is reelected there had better be some serious insurrection..I mean protests going down. They will have to remove the torch from the statue of liberty and put the hammer and sickle in its place. I may have to relocate to a new land of the free.
Report Post »Ted H
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:56pmUnfortunately, the military is the only part of the Federal Government that’s not broken. I am retired from both.
Report Post »Gail_B_Bell
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:07pmWe do not need you and have NEVER needed your stupid Government worker services! Contractors would have found & killed OBL in 2 years for a fraction of the cost – and no retirement!
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:02pm@ Gail_B_Bell
There you go again STUPID, go drowned yourself….
Report Post »patriotwoman
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:36pmThe SEALS do their jobs honorably, courageously and well. We may never know how many lives they have saved and how many enemies they have eliminated. But I for one, Thank God they are there defending our Nation. Well done and God Speed to all of them.
Report Post »Gail_B_Bell
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:04pmAll of that might be perfectly true IF you are referring to the Bush administration, it is just a fact that ANY soldier or sailor can be turned into a Gangsta in 18 months! These so called heroes sold their souls by obeying the orders of a FAKE president. All the REAL heroes are all arrested!
Report Post »Bluehawk
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:17pmA conservative is a liberal who just got mugged.
Report Post »imsimsj
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:13pmThank you to the troops for keeping my Family safe!
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:04pm“The Nation”, truly a communist inspired rag, is obviously a perfect example of Half-Wits Incorporated.
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:55pmSeal Team members leave me in awe. Thank you for your service.
Report Post »Protege
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:52pmI don‘t understand why we can’t get along with Muslim extremists:
They want to die for Allah.
We want to kill them.
You‘d think we’d get along better, huh?
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:10pmSounds like a win-win to me.
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:49pmAnd behind these brave men stand their awesome women and children waiting for them to come home from every mission accomplished! They deserve our respect, they deserve their privacy, they deserve their secrecy! There are people out to get them and their families!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:42pmif the anti-American sly obama had had HIS way back 2001-2008, we would have had NO SEALs or SpecOps and NO DEFENSES.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:40pmTHANK GOD for our USN SEALs. we are sort of biased, tho, our family hugs all over our own scarred SEAL (full 1980s) who comes to Sunday dinner. we were proud but scared when he said he was going into BUDS, but afterwards, NO FEAR. the only easy day was yesterday… for all of us.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:34pmGod bless these brave souls.They put their live`s on the line so we can sleep a little better at night.These men ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST.It sometimes makes me wonder how we deserve good men like this ,Our Spartan warriors.
Report Post »jpoulsen108
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:34pmSo let me get this right…Jeremy Scahill is against private contractors, ie. Blackwater but he is also against JSOC and Obama’s doubling down on the Bush policies regarding the targeting and elimination of “so called terrorists.”
So which is it Jeremy? Or should we just continue to tip toe around the issue that there are really bad guys in the world wanting to do really bad things to the United States and her citizens.
…or maybe you just don’t care
Report Post »quicker
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:24pmOur POTUS needs to take a page out these brave souls book.Then maybe he`d have a set instead of his wife.
Report Post »trooper
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:22pmWe’re not in the prisoner taking business, we’re in the killing ****** business and cousin business is a booming!
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:16pmThese are also the guys that libs would want to assault a hijacked airliner with the entire top of the Dem Party aboard. These are the guys who can take a hijacked train, recover a captured American embassy, and otherwise ruin the day of any terrorists in any situation. Their training is specialized, and so is their equipment. Think of Prince’s Gate in 1982 or so, when British SAS retook the Iranian Embassy in London.
This operation against OBL resulted in minimal loss of life–a testament to incredible skill, training, and dedication. There’s nothing some liberal pundit can say that will change that fact.
Report Post »Gail_B_Bell
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:38pmExcept they are the groveling servants of our FAKE commander in chief, the lying king! There is NO honor being a Slave to a Dictator!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:15pmKeep sending them to Allah the jihides want to die then keep dying,the more the merrier.
Report Post »WBOB
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:11pmThe special forces are on of the best things about this country.,
Report Post »Gail_B_Bell
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:47pmBut when they are forced to serve the Windy City gangsta, they become just punk servants of Murder Inc.
Report Post »YES I said it!
LadyIzShy
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:10pmim OK with that business.. Frankly I wish they would hire a gew more men and get things done quicker.. save alot of time money and most of all LIVES
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:07pm“Their business is killing Al Qaeda personnel”
Yes and they are good at it .. you have a problem with that ?
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:32pmNnnnnope!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:45pmOnly thing I might suggest next time is bringing along a pack of feral and hungry javalinas; when the terrorists see these little pets of the special op’s guys, they surrender or shoot themselves.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:07pmTake as many shots as you like LEFT. I’m damn glad we have these fine men and women to work to keep us safe!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 7:56amDoes it really matter if OBL was shot, hung, or put in the death chamber?, by shooting him they saved this nation millions of dollars,had they have captured him alive there would have been lengthy prison time, trials, tons of money being wasted, I personally thank the navy seals for a job well done,OBL brought this on himself,he deserved what he got ,he is responsiable for thousands of deaths of good innocent people,again Thank You Navy Seals for sending him to hell where he deserved to be
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:04amBarry did not want his AG Holder to get his hands on Bin Ladin – Who knows what this dope would have done with him. probably give him community work in NYC.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:07pm“Col. W. Patrick Lang, a retired Special Forces officer with extensive operational experience throughout the Muslim world, described JSOC’s forces as “sort of like Murder, Incorporated.” He told The Nation: “Their business is killing Al Qaeda personnel. That’s their business.”
And business is GREAT!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:10pm4th, and I had the BEST “first” comment.
Report Post »Meh.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:34pm@My Sacred Honor:
Dont’ knock it, too many times I have been called to task for being the ‘first’ on this sight; does not matter really, we all have a chance to post. And it is incredible the job our Special Ops did there in Pakistan.
One friend of my dads was a special ops in Vietnam, and the only thing I can say about him was that while he was tougher than an old grizzly bear mother with cubs and a bad hair day when he needed to be, he loved his families and friends.
So I can only imagine just how effective they are today.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:20pmIt seemed fitting.
Report Post »jimmythebullet
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 6:39amfirst hell(am i allowed to say that blaze?),i can’t even get on the same day!!!!
Report Post »@MY SACRED HONOR-good talking to you,brother.just one of many conversations to come.
Semper Fi and Anchors Aweigh
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rose-ellen
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:27amBig deal.It took nine years for the superpower to get their David.He is a martyr and will always be known as the one man who gave the murderous american superpower a long awaited taste of their own medicine.He lived an authentic life-more that can be said of these americans who profess christianity on the one hand but in reality their religion is americanism.And these inauthentic americans who want to call for genocide of Muslims but can‘t say that in their ’free” media.He died heroically-beloved by women and children and shook the american mass murderers to their core.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:06pmWell done Special Forces!
Report Post »eddvoss
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 7:05amMan that is the one thing that bugs me with the media and all. Navy SEALs are not Special Forces, they are Special Operations. Special Forces is the actual unit designation of the Army’s Green Berets. As in 1st Special Forces Group. Give the Navy their due and call their operators by the correct name. SEALs. Great job SEALs.
Report Post »anutter
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:06pmFirst! D’oh!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:08pmNope dope
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:12pmFail.
Report Post »mill
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:43pmyou mean forty first…then you have nothing to say!!!
Report Post »this forum , which I appreciat the stories and such…is difficult to answer any post and know where u r etc with posts…no numbers, no “reply” blahblahblah….
anutter
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:11pmLol! I know, I have better chance at winning the lottery :)
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:05pmMegadeth said it best Killing is my business and business is good.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:10pmIs this Nation, The Nation of Islam maybe? Did they just hire someone named K Olbermann?
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:11pmMy Sacred Honor
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:07pm
“Col. W. Patrick Lang, a retired Special Forces officer with extensive operational experience throughout the Muslim world, described JSOC’s forces as “sort of like Murder, Incorporated.” He told The Nation: “Their business is killing Al Qaeda personnel. That’s their business.”
And business is GREAT!
Gratz on “first”and GREAT Megadeth reference! Almost had you!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:14pmTO U.S. Special Forces Units THANK YOU for your SERVICE!!!
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:14pmAnother hit piece on SF imo that is demonizing those who put their lives on the line to do the things no one wants to ever talk about
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:17pmThank G-d they work for our interests.
Thank a soldier, any soldier, any age. They took an oath that they will die for…I wish the general public had a clue what that really means.
There are millions more of us who honor the same oath, whether they served or not. G-d bless The USA!
Lt. Col. Allen West for President 2012. He is an honorable man. Spread the word…we need HIM.
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:21pmMY SACRED HONOR…Thank you Brother!
Report Post »I hope all is well with you and your family.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:28pm@Darmok:
Probably.
@My Sacred Honor:
Business is indeed good lately; these guys are the ultimate in predators, hunting and dealing with the ultimate in prey – another predator that may shoot back, yet still winds up, in most cases, with its own hide nailed to the wall.
With Special Ops warriors on our side, hopefully someday we can declare the terrorists and the Al Quaeda officially ‘out of business.’
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:31pmQuestion in general, in regards to the way the liberals are starting to turn on Obama, at least in some small part for ‘terminating’ Bin Lauden, does anyone see the chances for him to stay POTUS in ‘12?
Somehow it looks like for one time Obama did something great and good on a world scale, even if it is just signing the go orders, and it could cost him the next term as POTUS.
Not as crazy as it sounds, this may be the event that turns the other liberals and progressives to the worst on him for violating their ‘values’
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:32pmGod is to be feared the most. He isn’t safe, yet he is good.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 7:59pmI don’t like the tone either but it will take much more that this to demoralize my comrades that are still active in the Special Operations Community. While in uniform we are apolitical and pretty much immune to opinions (except from our brothers and sisters in uniform.)
That’s the real beauty of serving in the armed forces: We serve the country and fellow citizens. Politicians come and go………. Our goal is to do our part to insure the survival of our great nation. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Or the small people.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:07pmCould he be re-elected? Possible… But as long as we hold the house and regain control of the senate, at least he will be powerless, or at least crippled. Only problem with that is WE CAN’T AFFORD 4 MORE YEARS of trying to keep him in check. Something has to be done soon! We are in for hard times now as it is…How long it takes to pull out will depend on the 2012 election results. So indeed… Let us Pray…
Report Post »dwa0816
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:22pmThank you soldiers. Let this be a warning to anyone or any organization even thinking about harming Americans. We will find you and we will kill you. Period.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:27pm………
Report Post »The “most dangerous people on the face of the earth.”
That’s right. And don’t you (bleep) people ever forget that!!!
davecoolworld
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:34pm82DAIRBORNE….thank you for your service and taking your oath.
Report Post »Gail_B_Bell
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:35pmRemember these are not the same honorable forces that served under President Bush, these serve the Gangsta regime!
Report Post »mill
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:37pmIf “seal team 6” isn’t careful….the jaded press will soon have their names, telephone numbers, addresses, complete profiles printed on the front page of every newspaper in the world.
Wiki leaks will have it in a couple of days …
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:42pmTo the men that comprise this community, their personal honor and integrity ARE their commitment. “Loose lips sink ships.” isn’t just a catchy phrase to them. It’s their life, their team members life, their career and their future.
‘No compromise’ is not a phrase most Americans would even consider as a way of life. These men do in fact live that life. And they do it without a second thought or a doubt of conviction, right unto the very bitter end, if necessary.
Report Post »juggernaut
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:48pmIt’s still we the people, right
Report Post »alr79
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 8:50pmRock on brother!!!!!! “Megadeath” the name says it all !!!
Report Post »theonefromabove
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:40pmThat is what they do best of course they kill that is their job.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »RightWrite
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:42pmIf you’ve got the tools in the box, use them! We need to use these tools more often!
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:43pmThose who serve in the military and protect our country are in my daily prayers. They are living breathing heroes!
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:51pm@davecoolworld
“Thank G-d they work for our interests.
Thank a soldier, any soldier, any age. They took an oath that they will die for…I wish the general public had a clue what that really means”
@banjarmon
“TO U.S. Special Forces Units THANK YOU for your SERVICE!!
I/we are with you both in our sentiments and gratitude!! Couldn’t have said it better!!!
Report Post »Strictlybusiness
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 9:51pm@ let us prey
PLEASE don’t ever use that STUPID bands name EVER when addressing the subject of, THE BRAVEST, THE MOST FEARED, AND BEST MEN ON THE PLANET !!!!!!!!
Report Post »sportyk
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:10pmWOW… You show up from no where hello………….!
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:04amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pc2k_WGm3U
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:29am@82nd
Perfectly said….
@Chambers
Love the clip!
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:30amNavy SEALs are not Special Forces. Special Forces is the Army’s elite team of Special Operations units. SEALs is the navy’s version. Force Recon is the Marines and the Air Force get Pararescue and Combat Controllers. The Air Force got a the raw deal out of the four of them.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 1:53amSnow ~
I heard someone talking about Obama’s ratings after this. He got a slow bump from it, but no sharp rise. Folks are still unhappy with the way things are going, and they will remember skyrocketed prices at the pump as they stop at their local C-store to fill up on the way to their precincts.
I checked Rasmussen’s Approval Indes for him. He’s at minus 10 and is still at 50 percent or lower.
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 3:12amat least they are on our side. I don’t know how anybody can be pissed about them killing OBL.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 6:09amtime to make it even better….lets target all the big mouths in sand land…
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:35amHe was a true martyr and defender of his people and will always be remembered as the man who shatered the complacency of the americans-whose military runs the biggest terrorist organization on the planet.
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:54amFunny how the same people saying this– thought it right that a soldier was Court Martialed for supposedly giving a prisoner a bloody nose. And they thought it swell to condemn the actions of a
Report Post »“Kill team” in Afghanistan. Yet now there is No condemnation that Obama used this “mission” to secure his reelection.I do not mourn the death of Osama- I do believe the symbology of his life–like that of Jesse
James–or Wm. Bonney allowed violation of the law to improve the image of Obama.The Seals and their SOG support did what they train to do -and Thank God for men like them.I just find it unsettling that in one instance they are condemned for a bloody nose- and in another cellebrated for offing the video villain.
hud
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:56amI’m not unhappy with OBL dying, but it is another stake in the heart of the rule of law, which seems to be on the last stages of life support.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 3:51pmBaaaahahaha….. “Megadeth” did not coin that phrase son, that’s been around since the Special Forces were formed in Vietnam. It was a very popular tattoo back during the war. Dave Mustaine got it from them. It is a cool saying though.
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