Rob O'Neill
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What are your kids' names?
You remember.
Be smart about being stupid.
Stop taking shortcuts.
Right.
So you operated pretty safely.
I tried to.
As safe as possible.
But I would do stuff to...
When I said anything you do can get you killed included nothing.
A prime example of the perfect plan, there were two al-Qaeda safe houses on the other side of the border in Pakistan.
I was running an outstation in Asadabad, Afghanistan, which is right on the Korengal River.
I knew the bad guys...
Afghanistan didn't have a lot to do with a 9-11.
They let him be there.
Anyway, al-Qaeda realized we're too weak to go into Pakistan.
But there were two houses, one click, one, two clicks.
I'm running this outstation.
I knew if I can get up there and get shot at, and if I can see them the whole time while being shot at, I can call the Air Force.
They can bomb them.