Now if the politicians, both civilian and military, would just get out of the way, we may survive this war to the death (which is what the jihadists have made it). Great book!
Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man by Dalton Fury
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The mission was to kill the most wanted man in the world—an operation of such magnitude that it couldn’t be handled by just any military or intelligence force. The best America had to offer was needed. As such, the task was handed to roughly forty members of America’s supersecret counterterrorist unit formally known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta; more popularly, the elite and mysterious unit Delta Force.
This is the real story of the operation, the first eyewitness account of the Battle of Tora Bora, and the first book to detail just how close Delta Force came to capturing bin Laden, how close U.S. bombers and fighter aircraft came to killing him, and exactly why he slipped through our fingers. Lastly, this is an extremely rare inside look at the shadowy world of Delta Force and a detailed account of these warriors in battle.
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Superb!
A True Insiders Look at Battle of Tora Bora
I just finished reading the book, "Kill Bin Laden", which I feel is one of the best books that I have ever read. I am an American History Teacher, well versed in military history, and have thoroughly studied the various aspects of our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I can tell you that this book is an outstanding insider's account of the Battle of Tora Bora, and gives you the impression of actually being in or observing the battle. Kill Bin Laden not only gives you a look inside the organization known as Delta Force, but outlines the military strategy that Delta commandos used against Bin Laden and Al Qaeda at Tora Bora. The book also shows Delta's unique role of combat in contrast to that of our conventional military forces and reveals why Delta Force led the assault against the Al Qaeda cave complexes in the Afghan mountains. Further, Kill Bin Laden also reveals the political aspects of this battle, a crucial factor in the battle against Al Qaeda and Bin Laden in his Afghan sanctuary. After reading this book, one has to pay the greatest respects possible to Commander Dalton Fury and his Delta teammates. They and other American military men around the world, are those whom we owe an unending debt of gratitude for their great service. Kill Bin Laden is an outstanding read and a book that I would recommend with the highest praise to anyone who is looking for the true facts concerning the American effort at the Battle of Tora Bora.
Book Proves it's not about Terrorism
This book proves that the war on terror is not really a war on terror.
This conflict is nothing more than a means to provide an ever-increasing profit margin to the military industrial complex.
Colt Inc. cannot increase their profits if they don't sell the government M4's
Remington cannot increase their profits if they can't sell the government millions and millions of bullets.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman cannot make billions in profits if they don't sell the government missles, bombs, planes and so forth.
Until the government nationalizes the military industrial complex, and private corporations cannot profit from prolonging military conflicts, victory will always escape us. Not because we can't win, but because we are driven by profit motives not to bring the conflicts to an end.
The military industrial complex does not post profits in peacetime.
They need War to see profit increases.
What a waste!!
I can't believe this book got all these good reviews, here is the truth - The book offers nothing new, the first chapter gets you really excited, as they capture a guy who might have had a wounded bin laden at his house, hoping for some inside information or new facts on how bin laden escaped tora bora, but you hear nothing about it after that and it goes on talking about tora bora. I really don't think this book should be called, "kill bin laden" or the hunt for the world's most wanted man. rather it should be called tora bora. Now we all watched the news, we were bombing the heck out of tora bora, afghan fighters were fighting al qaeda and its pretty obvious we had few troops on the ground to direct the bombing, we won the war at tora bora and bin laden was no where to be found, and that's pretty much the whole book. Mr. "fury" talks a lot about delta and blah blah blah - honestly if you guys were that good, why did you waste all the tax payers million of dollars and failed in killing bin laden?
I am pretty upset on how much money was giving to warlords who showed no interest in killing bin laden, yet we kept them on our payroll.... The only thing I learned from this book is how much waste of our tax money is going on.
If you're looking for action it's not here.
There is a severe lack of detail and action in this book but the author mentions that secrecy is important so he can't tell everything. Fury tells his account from the rear, meaning that he wasn't involved much with what happened. All the action is pretty much calling in air strikes from Delta snipers. I did not like that. The book heavily involves a weak afghan general who is afraid to commit his troops and fight at night. It is easy to imagine the frustration the Delta boys dealt with from both American and afghan leaders and their unwillingness to aggressively seek out bin laden. I also could imagine the hardships they went through in the rugged mountains of Tora Bora. Overall, I was not happy with this book. I found myself wanting to hurry up and finish it so that I could move on to the next read. But if you want to buy it go ahead, I'm not stopping you.
