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I saw Mr. Berentsen's interviews spaced over 2-3 months, one with Matthews, the other escapes me but I think it was with O'Reilly. The two interviews were very different. The first had Mr. Berentsen attacking the military for failing to provide the 6-800 Rangers he requested, mentioned the very rough liasions that occured between his guys and the Mil, poor planning by CENTCOM, etc. His second interview, the most recent one from about a month ago painted a very different picture; he was deferrential to GEN Franks and staff and the decisions that they and others made with respect to the first few months of OEF and the hunt for OBL. He struggled to find neutral or even positive things to say about the military taking long pauses between phrases to answer the interviewer's questions. He gave me and those in my shop the impression of being somewhat "shady" in his answers.
I made the mistake of buying Schroen's book in hardcover, I won't do the same with Berentsen's. Instead, I'll find a very used and discounted copy at my local book mine.
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