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<p>Robert O&#39;Neill is a former Navy Seal who participated in the raid on Osama bin Laden and, although there are <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/who-shot-bin-laden-tale-two-seals-n241241" target="_blank">reports from another Seal</a> claiming the same, O&#39;Neill <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robert-oneill-seal-osama-bin-laden-raid-says-he-thought-n246001" target="_blank">says he fired the bullets</a> that killed him.</p><p>On Thursday, O&#39;Neill took to Twitter to deal with reports that Trump gave &quot;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-marching-orders-to-the-pentagon-plan-a-grand-military-parade/2018/02/06/9e19ca88-0b55-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.b16e185a6bf8" target="_blank">marching orders</a>&quot; to the Pentagon demanding a military parade and show of strength down the streets of Washington.</p><p>He hates it.</p><p><strong>He tweeted about &#39;third world bullshit.&#39;</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A military parade is third world bullshit. We prepare. We deter. We fight. Stop this conversation.</p>&mdash; Robert J. O&#39;Neill (@mchooyah) <a href="https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/961644132119859200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;A military parade is third world bullshit,&quot; wrote O&#39;Neill. &quot;We prepare. We deter. We fight. Stop this conversation.&quot;</p><p>Inevitably, reporters, news outlets, and bystanders across the internet were eager to discuss the usually &quot;politically conservative&quot; Navy Seal&#39;s opposition to Trump on a military issue.</p><p><strong>O&#39;Neill kept the conversation going, retweeting criticism and applause alike:</strong></p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter: McHooyah" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/961647181882122242" height="555" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/third-world-XxIqKR.jpg" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/961647181882122242">Twitter: McHooyah</a></div></figure><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter: @mchooyah" data-attribution-url="" height="359" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/oneill2-LQob94.jpg" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Twitter: @mchooyah</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter: @mchooyah" data-attribution-url="" height="758" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/oneill-CBPgSq.jpg" width="700" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Twitter: @mchooyah</div></figure><p><strong>He continued his thoughts with a reference to the invasion of Iraq.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We had a parade once. It was 2003 and we called it a Thunder Run. Someone remind Vladimir ....</p>&mdash; Robert J. O&#39;Neill (@mchooyah) <a href="https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/961702242943414273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>His point seems to be that rather than a show of force in Washington, the United States historically shows its might in actual wartime.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Truman gave a big parade. Twice.</p>&mdash; Robert J. O&#39;Neill (@mchooyah) <a href="https://twitter.com/mchooyah/status/961825306758692864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>O&#39;Neill isn&#39;t the only one criticizing Trump&#39;s parade idea. Trump allies like Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said it would be a &quot;<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/sign-weakness-lindsey-graham-thumps-trump-cheesy-military-parade/" target="_blank">sign of weakness</a>&quot; to parade through Washington.</p><p>Several other <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/even-some-trump-allies-arent-board-his-military-parade" target="_blank">Republicans piled on</a>, and of course Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth &mdash; who coined the nickname &quot;Cadet Bone Spurs&quot; for the draft-averse POTUS &mdash; said the idea was &quot;<a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-tammy-duckworth-20180207-story.html" target="_blank">a waste of resources.</a>&quot;</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>We&#39;ll leave you with this one last comment from Robert O&#39;Neill, commenting on criticism of his first tweet.</p><p><strong>&quot;Where is Osama&#39;s body by the way?&quot;</strong></p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter: @mchooyah" data-attribution-url="" height="278" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2018-02-09-at-100242-am-aLCTi6.png" width="602" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Twitter: @mchooyah</div></figure><p>Kinda a conversation ender.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Navy Seal who says he killed Bin Laden is on Twitter slamming Trump's 'bullsh*t' parade idea.

Robert O&#39;Neill is a former Navy Seal who participated in the raid on Osama bin Laden and, although there are reports from another Seal claiming the same, O&#39;Neill says he fired the bullets that killed him.On Thursday, O&#39;Neill took to Twitter to deal with reports that Trump gave &quot;marching orders&quot; to the Pentagon demanding a military parade and show of strength down the streets of Washington.He hates it.He tweeted about &#39;third world bullshit.&#39;A military parade is third world bullshit. We prepare. We deter. We fight. Stop this conversation.&mdash; Robert J. O&#39;Neill (@mchooyah) February 8, 2018 &quot;A military parade is third world bullshit,&quot; wrote O&#39;Neill. &quot;We prepare. We deter. We fight. Stop this conversation.&quot;Inevitably, reporters, news outlets, and bystanders across the internet were eager to discuss the usually &quot;politically conservative&quot; Navy Seal&#39;s opposition to Trump on a military issue.O&#39;Neill kept the conversation going, retweeting criticism and applause alike:Twitter: McHooyahTwitter: @mchooyahTwitter: @mchooyahHe continued his thoughts with a reference to the invasion of Iraq.We had a parade once. It was 2003 and we called it a Thunder Run. Someone remind Vladimir ....&mdash; Robert J. O&#39;Neill (@mchooyah) February 8, 2018 His point seems to be that rather than a show of force in Washington, the United States historically shows its might in actual wartime.President Truman gave a big parade. Twice.&mdash; Robert J. O&#39;Neill (@mchooyah) February 9, 2018 O&#39;Neill isn&#39;t the only one criticizing Trump&#39;s parade idea. Trump allies like Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said it would be a &quot;sign of weakness&quot; to parade through Washington.Several other Republicans piled on, and of course Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth &mdash; who coined the nickname &quot;Cadet Bone Spurs&quot; for the draft-averse POTUS &mdash; said the idea was &quot;a waste of resources.&quot;We&#39;ll leave you with this one last comment from Robert O&#39;Neill, commenting on criticism of his first tweet.&quot;Where is Osama&#39;s body by the way?&quot;Twitter: @mchooyahKinda a conversation ender.

Robert O'Neill took to Twitter to deal with reports that Trump gave "marching orders" to the Pentagon demanding a military parade in Washington D.C.