DailyTelegraph.com.au (excerpts):  The men who killed the al-Qaeda leader chief have decided to speak out because they are tired of their "shabby treatment" by politicians who claim they were on a "kill mission."  They insisted there was no lengthy gunfight in the compound and claimed they would have captured bin Laden if he had surrendered, The Sunday Times in the UK reports.  They were not on a "kill mission," they said, and fired only 12 bullets during the entire operation.  The details of the mission which was codenamed Operation Neptune's Spear, are revealed in a book by the Seals' former commander Chuck Pfarrer.  "I've been a Seal for 30 years and I never heard the words 'kill mission.'  It's a fantasy word.  If it was a kill mission, you wouldn't need Seal Team 6; you need a box of hand grenades."  He said the men were angry with President Barack Obama for announcing bin Laden's death on TV just hours after they completed the mission on May 1.  "There isn't a politician in the world who could resist trying to take credit for getting bin Laden, but it devalued the 'intel' and gave time for every other al-Qaeda leader to scurry to another bolthole," he said.  "The men who did this and their valorous act deserve better.  It's a pretty shabby way to treat these guys." 

Commentary:  No surprise at all that these brave and honorable men are disgusted with the president and the manner in which he handled the whole bin Laden episode all the way down the line.  Our intelligence knew where bin Laden was for over a year, but the order was never given to kill him.  Just about the time Obama was launching his 2012 presidential campaign, he desperately needed a boost to his image when he gave the order to invade bin Laden's compound.  His near immediate speech was riddled with "I directed," "I determined," "At my direction...most significant achievement" "I, I, I..."  He gloated so much during his speech that it was intolerable to listen to the entire report, and it hadn't even been revealed yet by the Seals that his televised announcement compromised the intelligence of their operatives in Afghanistan.  The only consolation we, as a nation, have now is to make an intelligent vote in November 2012.  "Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall" Proverbs 16:18.  If Barack Obama wins the next election, we will know by default that the nation will continue on its downward fall.