Robert O’Neill, a former member of the elite SEAL Team Six, who was attributed with the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden, said that America now faces a greater threat, according to US media reports. The former officer said that “division in this country” is his biggest concern.

According to reports from Fox News, O’Neill said, “My biggest concern is the division in this country”. He added, “We can disagree with each other but we’re on the same team when it all comes down to it.”

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O’Neill also spoke about shared American values, describing it as a sentiment that should be in every person in the country who is aware of the 9/11 memorial.

“Most people are good to each other. But the anger and the division gets the ratings, and that’s what people hear. A lot of people know if they keep people divided they can stay in power and it is wrong”, according to reports from Fox News.

The former SEAL team member has been sent off to missions outside the United States over a dozen times, including Afghanistan. O’Neill was reportedly deployed to the European country Kosovo for a peacekeeping mission in September 2001, when the deadly attack was carried out against the United States.

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Later in 2005, O’Neill was deployed to Afghanistan for rescuing Marcus Luttrell, a mission that featured in the American film ‘Lone Survivor’. The mission, which was also carried out by a SEAL team, was tagged as Operation Red Wings.

In a statement to Fox News, O’Neill said, “People do need to realize that, you know, as opposed to yelling at each other on social media – there’s an enemy out there that wants to kill all of us. And it doesn’t matter, really doesn’t matter, what you look like – it’s your ideology.” He added, “You don’t believe what they think you should believe and they’re going to kill you.”