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If you’ve read this far, you’ve caught on that SEALs can be very
persuasive. The Kuwaitis finally saw it their way and released us.
I was arrested in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, though I think in that
case the circumstances may speak well of me. I was sitting in the bar
when a waitress passed with a pitcher of beer. A guy at a table nearby
pushed his chair back and bumped into her, not knowing she was
there; a little bit of beer spilled on him.
He got up and slapped her.
I went over and defended her honor the only way I know how.
That got me arrested. Those granolas are tough when it comes to fighting
with women.
Those charges, like all the others, were dismissed.
THE SHERIFF OF RAMADI
The Ramadi offensive would eventually be considered an important
milestone and turning point in the war, one of the key events that
helped Iraq emerge from utter chaos. Because of that, there was a
good deal of attention on the fighters who were there. And some of
that attention eventually came to focus on our Team.
As I hope I’ve made clear, I don’t feel SEALs should be singled out
publicly as a force. We don’t need the publicity. We are silent professionals,
every one of us; the quieter we are, the better able we are to do
our job.
Unfortunately, that’s not the world we live in. If it were, I wouldn’t
have felt it necessary to write this book.