Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Is Hollywood A Threat To American's Navy SEALS?

As many as 10 films about Navy SEALs are in theaters or production, including Zero Dark Thirty (above). (Columbia Pictures)

For Navy SEALs, The Biggest Threat May Be Hollywood -- Daily Beast

They can handle al Qaeda and the Taliban. What worries America’s most celebrated fighting force is the lure of Hollywood’s siren song.

Long after the sun had dipped behind the high peaks of the Hindu Kush, on a moonless night four Navy SEALs fast-roped down from a Chinook helicop­ter onto an isolated ridge. It was June 27, 2005, and the elite team of American warriors was on a kill or cap­ture mission—code-named Operation Red Wings—in the heart of Taliban country. Their target was a tribal fighter named Ahmad Shah, whose attacks had taken a high toll on U.S. Marines in the area.

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My Comment: Hollywood is not a threat .... but .... much of the secrecy that the US SEALS have 'enjoyed' for many years is about to come to an end.

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