Ok, here's another good book that I just plowed in one day. I think I read that thing in about 7 hours with 368 pages. wow! So if this gives you an indication of how interesting this book was, so take note. My overall impression was that Boykin, a special operations hero who has sacrificed a lot for this country. And after all that he has and what he has lived at the end took a group of journalists who wanted to take a cheap shot at the Bush administration has screwed byBoykin and attacking his religious beliefs. And they succeeded.
Boys was a religious man, and that's what the media has decided with his dagger and twist-stick. Just because you wear a uniform does not mean that your right to religious freedom goes out the door. And guys have to be after I'm done with him as a crusader. And to take this hit piece of cyberspace, then all hell broke loose. He and his family were threatened by some Muslim extremists PagesIt 'been fired from his job in DC, and his good name was dragged through the mud.
Now I personally do not so religious. But I respect the religious convictions of a person are, and for some soldiers and contractors, is the belief in God, what is all day. I have no problem with that, but do not be pushed into the neck. But I must say that I am a believer in the concept that there is no such thing as an atheist in the trenches. God, and all forms of GodThe cult, it is through the times when there are no answers to the really bad situations and get down in life. As you read this book, you can see exactly how much life of faith Boykin as an operator and leader of Delta, and how ridiculous and wrong, the media had influenced their opinion of a man.
I do not want to give away the whole book, but I will give you a taste of some of the really cool stuff. Boykin was a member of the original group of young Delta. He was aVietnam veteran, Ranger, air, you name it, and it was in those early days of Charlie Beckwith (founder of Delta) trained. The book describes Boykin, as it was in those early days of the group and goes to some of the details and logic behind the selection process. (What I found very interesting)
As you progress through the book, he goes on with his life in the world Special Operations. He was involved with the mission of the hostages in Iran, Grenada, Operation JustCause and rescue of Kurt Muse, Somalia, hunting war criminals in Bosnia, Wacko and the Branch Davidian incident, hunting and Pablo Escobar. He also talks about his injuries, leaving behind a .50 cal around the arm and shrapnel of Grenada in Somalia. All the while, he remained faithful to his people, country and God
One last thing to bring only get an idea of the type of material in this book. Children often tells the true story behind all these great events of our recentThe story since Vietnam. Puts the rumors about the commitment idiot Wacko Delta and the death of Pablo Escobar is not alone. He goes into detail why they consider rock music actually used during Operation Just Cause / Noriega and the negotiations behind the scenes to save the Kurt Muse. He talks about how Mike Durrant (the pilot in Somalia, who was captured) to the face with the severed limb of one of his fallen comrades beaten by his captors. These are the kinds of data, you can expect fromthis book, and it was a page turner for me.
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