Former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill leveled former Vice President Joe Biden after he claimed that President Trump is “not fit” to be commander in chief.
On Sunday, Biden, 76, tweeted about Trump’s decision to clear three military members who had been accused or convicted of war crimes. The president pardoned Army Special Forces Maj. Mathew Golsteyn and Army Lt. Clint Lorance and restored the rank of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher. Their crimes included killing a suspected Taliban bomb maker, taking photographs of an Islamic State fighter’s corpse, and killing two civilians.
Trump claimed he intervened because he wants Americans fighting overseas to have the “confidence to fight.” Biden claimed Trump’s decision “betrayed the rule of law” and those who fight honorably.
O’Neill, who claims he was the SEAL responsible for killing Osama bin Laden, shot down the 2020 Democrat’s tweet by highlighting his own foreign policy flaws. He noted that Biden reportedly opposed the 2011 raid to kill bin Laden and that he announced SEAL Team 6 was responsible for the operation.
Trump’s intervention in the American military justice system to pardon service members accused or convicted of war crimes betrays the rule of law, the values that make our country exceptional & the men and women who wear the uniform honorably. He is not fit to command our troops.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 17, 2019
Some believed Biden’s admission that it was SEAL Team 6 put a target on their backs that resulted in the attack on one of the team’s helicopters, which killed some who participated in the raid.
You said “no” to the bin Laden raid. Then you announced “SEAL Team Six” when we did it. I still had my body armor on when you turned my life around. How dare you… https://t.co/EveMzo0qUE
— Robert J. O’Neill (@mchooyah) November 18, 2019
O’Neill has spread his criticisms of political leaders across the aisle. He called Trump’s plans for a military parade “third world bullshit.”
