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There are multiple conflicting reports from O'Neill and Bissonette.
One says Osama was hiding behind his wife with an AK. That turned out to be BS.
The one who shot him said he was at the top floor peering out from the doorway, came out on top, and was shot, then ran into the room.
He being the 1-man at the time rushed the room and burned him down.
O'Neill came in after, away from his assigned clearance space, in competition with Bissonette. There were some personality issues leading up to this where the competition between Bissonette and O'Neill was in play, and known about by other members of the unit.
After Osama was gunned down in the room, O'Neill came in and stood around the body and canoed Osama's head.
Bissonette came in after and put in his token rounds.
Why are we hearing about all of this? Because they've been running their mouths and writing books, complaining about healthcare, crazy unprofessional stuff you just shouldn't see even from a conventional unit.
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But you are stating as fact what pointman "apparently" told someone. O'Neill directly contradicts that. O'Neill says pointman took a shot or two but tackles the women when he and pointman entered the room and that he dropped OBL, who was standing behind a wife. O'Neill says that pointman was verbally unsure if he had even hit the figure he shot at. Apparently there was even uncertainty as to who peeked out.
I don't think that account, as attributed to pointman, is implausible nor do i think it a lie. But O'Neill' account is also plausible. And there are plenty of people who capitalize and profit off what really did happen in historic events. So I can't just conclude that "I know O'Neill is lying because he's making $". It's not so black and white.
I also believe that the Obama administration may have wanted OBL to have been cowering behind his wife with an AK so it would look better (In public relations terms) than SEALs busting in and executing a surprised and unarmed enemy and so those details got added in. I also believe they may not have wanted it aired out that SEALs intentionally shot up and mutilated OBL's corpse.
I readily admit to a lot of possibilities. I just don't trust anyone, even anonymous people who claim to have been told "what really happened" by anonymous pointman. I can see why some people are pissed at O'Neill enough to lie about what happened and make pointman the shooter who won't/can't profit just to preserve the "we win and lose as a team" credo.
At the end of the day, anyone and everyone connected with the affair could have a motive for lying. So I'm not going to go around calling O'Neill a liar when I'm not sure he is one. However, I have no problem not liking the fact that he's out there singularly profiting off the accomplish of his whole team. I think he deserves all that heat.