In a world of asymmetrical warfare, the Seal Team 6 members are the tip of the spear against ruthless zealots.” Who are trained to perform with complete efficiency in desperately difficult situations. Jim from Tucson agreed: “I’m very glad we have men like those in Seal Team 6 “I wish it wasn’t necessary, but it is, and few have the guts to do it. “To many of us out here, you are heroes serving thanklessly in the dirtiest war(s) our country has ever encountered,” wrote Jeremy from Santa Cruz, an emergency room doctor. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates (thus inspiring the Tom Hanks movie, “Captain Phillips”).Ī large number of readers lauded SEAL Team 6 for its work. The article also spotlighted the unit’s triumphs apart from the Osama bin Laden raid, such as rescuing Pfc. It implicated the team in troublingįailures, like the killing of a British aid worker it was trying to rescue from the Taliban or the deaths of innocent civilians, one a The article probed the culture of a secretive Special Operations unit, which often acts with limited oversight, and situated it in the context of how today’s wars are fought. Heights of patriotic idealism and plumbed the depths of war-weary cynicism. More than 1,000 readers of a Sunday story about SEAL Team 6 debated those questions in a discussion that reached the
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