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Monica Charsely & Chloe Burrell

Vladimir Putin warning from Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden

The Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden states that there is no way America could do to Vladimir Putin what he did to the terrorist as he mock's his country's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Rob O'Neill was a part of the SEAL Team Six that took out the mind behind 9/11 in Abbottabad in 2010.

He has completed a total of 400 combat missions over a span of 16 years and believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "lost his marbles" by launching the full-scale invasion against Ukraine, The Daily Star writes.

However, he has also been taken aback by his country's reaction and states that America has responded to the deadly conflict with weakness.

Putin launched an attack last month (Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

The veteran slammed President Biden's administration after they cancelled a nuclear missile test last weekend while Russian forces attacked innocent citizens.

O'Neill believes the Pentagon is more worried about their climate change agenda instead of trying to put a stop to Putin, reports Daily Mail.

He said: "You don't defeat a crazy man with nuclear weapons, with weakness. It's like trying to stop a schoolyard bully by appeasing him, it's nonsense.

"When I was in the service, the main concern was whether you could perform the task at hand.

"Now they (the Pentagon) are wasting time and resources making warships green.

"The unfortunate truth is Russia and China are laughing at us when we talk about climate change in the military."

O'Neill says he was upset after seeing videos of helicopters being shot down (Twitter)

O'Neill confessed that he didn't believe Russia would invade Ukraine because he "made the mistake of trying to make sense of an insane man’s decision."

He thought Putin planned to manipulate the West into paying out extra money on defences by stationing hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border but didn't believe they would send anyone in.

The veteran fears that the Russian leader will move to heavy, long-range artillery after watching the Ukrainian resistance take down helicopters and jets.

He hopes Russia will reach a point where their troops are "getting their butts kicked so badly" that the West and Ukraine will discuss a deal with Moscow as a way out.

"Most people in the world can agree. There's one person that can stop this. All he needs to do is stop it," O'Neil added.

He says he has found it unsettling to see footage of Russian helicopters getting attacked and being shared across social media.

The dad has published a book called 'The Way Forward' (Twitter)

"There are Russians on those planes and I've had friends dying helicopter crashes, and there's nothing cool about it.

"Most of the soldiers don’t want to be there. It’s all because one guy in the Kremlin has lost his marbles."

O'Neill claims that most Americans are getting their ideas of war from TV and social media.

"We'd have to know where he is and hit him with an airstrike. You would have to figure out how we get into Russia, how they don't see us and what we do when we land," he added.

"Leave your video game tactics at home, because they don't work."

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