Why were Navy SEALs selected for the raid on Osama's compound in Pakistan? Wouldn't the Army Rangers or Delta Force have been a better option?
A lot of it was likely political. The guy Leon Panetta went to with the possibility of taking on this mission was Admiral McRaven the commander of JSOC (joint special operations command) and a Navy SEAL. Rangers are definitely not the right force for a small surgical strike like this and the SEALs were doing this kind of operation every day in Iraq and Afghanistan so they were potentially the most elite unit with the most experience at this kind of operation. Of course the Admiral was predisposed to pick ST6 over Delta. Just luck of the draw though timing and availability might factor into any decision like this.I don’t know nearly as much about Delta force as I do about the SEALS and to a lesser extent the Rangers. On the day Osama Bin Laden was killed the SEALs were actually deployed to more than 10 other locations doing exactly the same type of operation. The entire time we were in Afghanistan and Iraq there was such a high op tempo that today’s SEAL’s have more combat experience than at any other time in their history.When ever there’s a high profile mission the services jockey for a piece of the action, it’s almost inherent in the nature of the beast. You have these elite warriors trained to a razors edge and during moments of peace there’s often little opportunity to unleash them so everyone wants to show what it can do. It leads to some unfortunate circumstances but that’s just the reality of politics.The “Captain Phillips story” never mentions that Obama wanted to use the FBI HRT team to handle the situation (reportedly because of some distrust he had with the military) but the SEALs are better prepared to deploy and the SEALs can additionally parachute at night into the ocean and be picked up by a small boat from the Navy ships on scene which the HRT isn’t prepared for and allowed the SEALs to get to the fight unannounced to the pirates.
What are the best inspirational biographies books?
I cannot suggest any books that I think you will benefit from. Instead, you should discover those on your own if you really seek inspiration. Start by asking yourself who you think is inspiring. To some that is Steve Jobs, to others that is Gandhi. Learn about those people through wikipedia or equivalent, then ping Quorans about the best books on those people. As for knowledge, same answer. I will repeat advice I once read on going to college to learn about the world. The essence of the advice was that one doesn't need to go to college really. Instead, go to the library and pick out 5 books on subjects you have never heard about or know nothing about and start reading. If you usually read sci-fi, then check out and read all of Jane Austen's novels. If you know javascript, then take out a book about the Basque people. You get the idea.