Read Roger Cohen today - please
his New York Times column is titled The Force of the Deed and it is, imo, masterful. Consider the opening paragraphs:
NEW YORK — Watching the talk shows, thinking about the tumultuous last American decade, reflecting on the death of Osama bin Laden, I feel grateful for many things but not least this: the invisibility of the heroes.For once it is the deed itself that speaks. The deed, so often lost in this age of celebrities and reality shows and Donald Trump’s monumental ego, stands unadorned. In its daring, its professionalism and its effectiveness, the deed is there, making words look cheap.
I understand that not all who read it will agree with his conclusions. I don't expect that. I don't think Cohen does.
He is, again in imo, on point when he says that for the commandos on the read, which he numbers at 79 - which would have been sufficient to fight their way out with a captured Bin Laden if necessary - "secrecy is their
