"Navy SEALs: Obama's Secret Weapon" by Daniel Klaidman - TheDailyBeast.com

Haven't read it yet. Going to read it. Navy SEALs like whoa. Of course I want to know how Obama figured out how to use these badass motherfuckers.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/19/navy-seals-obama-s-secret-army.html

"How Delta Force Works" by Josh Clark - Howstuffworks.com

I loved this article. Howstuffworks.com takes you through the history, selection process, training, and missions of Delta Force, the most elite unit in the US Army--and perhaps the entire military. Not really much else to say except that these guys are badass and you will like reading about them.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/delta-force.htm

"U.S. Was Braced for Fight with Pakistanis in bin Laden Raid" by Eric Schmitt, Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger - NYTimes.com

Reporters just found out that the reason there were so many helicopters filled with SEALs during the bin Laden raid was not because they needed 40 of the most deadly men in the world to kill one dirty piece of shit--it was because Obama and others were afraid that Pakistani forces might attempt to engage the SEALs and we wanted to be ensure that they could fight their way out if need be.

Which is all to say, fuck Pakistan. Really, from the bottom of my heart. Fuck Pakistan. We give that useless shit stain of a country something like $5 billion dollars a year in aid so a guy we've spent countless dollars and thousands of lives trying to find can hide 35 miles from their version of West Point. And their public is largely sympathetic to a mass murder? And our government was afraid their government would kill our soldiers for going in and trying to get the guy? Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining Pakistan. You're not a friend. We should just blow that whole place up. Harry Truman's probably spinning in his grave.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/world/asia/10intel.html?_r=1&hp

p.s. sorry for the rant.

"Local Pastor Made Up Elaborate SEAL Tale" by Liz Goodwin - Yahoonews.com

Wait, so apparently there's an epidemic of religious leaders, not just random, insecure nut bags, but actual pastors and stuff who lie about heroic military pasts in order to build their own flock? That's some fucked up shit right there on more levels than my limited mathematical abilities will allow me to count. Case in point, this pastor in Pennsylvania who told everyone he was a former SEAL and, and(!) used details from the Steven Seagal movie Under Siege to bolster his own "war stories." Can't make this stuff up folks. Read on.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110509/us_yblog_thelookout/local-pastor-made-up-elaborate-navy-seal-tale

p.s. Did you know that Frank Dux, the guy Van Damme played in Bloodsport, was a total fraud. His Kumite trophies were found to be bought from a trophy store less than a mile from his place. Google it (I know, major bummer).

Thanks to Nick

"Breeders Battle for Right to Claim Hero Navy SEAL Dog" by Alex Eichler - Theatlantic.com

This is a short hitter, but I couldn't resist because I love dogs. Breed aficionados are arguing over whether the dog that came this close to chewing bin Laden's nose off was a German Shepherd or a Belgian Malinois. Shepherd's are cool and all, but Malinois are badass. They look like slightly smaller, slightly pointer, wolfier Shepherds, and since they are not as popular, they have never really been bred to be family pets. Which all means, they will bite a bad guys face off, no questions asked. I got into an argument with a veterinarian once over which dog is the toughest in the world. In my mind, it's a no brainer, pit bull first, then a tosa inu, then the american bulldog, then probably an akita. He said the Malinois. And he went to school for that stuff like that for like 9 years or whatever vets do. He's still wrong though I think.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/05/breeders-battle-right-claim-hero-navy-seal-dog/37376/

"The Secret Team That Killed Bin Laden" by Marc Ambinder - Nationaljournal.com

The National Journal wrote the best article on the web today about the U.S. Navy SEAL team that killed Bin Laden. Dudes are total badasses. Seal Team Six. They don't even officially exist. They report straight to Obama and he's like "go cap this bitch in thus and such country. he's bad." and they're all "Yes, sir!" It's awesome.

They are specially picked from the very best of SEALs, which if you've read anything about what those guys do, not only as SEALs, but just to become part of that group, is wildly impressive. And then, and then! There's a 50% attrition rate during training for SEAL Team Six. I can't even fathom that. You'll love this article.

http://nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/the-secret-team-that-killed-bin-laden-20110502

p.s. If you want to learn more about Navy SEALs read Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.

p.p.s. Who gets more butt, a circa 2004 Clooney or the cat who put a double tap in Bin Laden's melon?