Just coming toward the end of the book entitled, NO ORDINARY DOG, by Will Chesney, Navy Seal (copyright@ 2020).. The book has powerful endorsements by Mike Thornton, Seal and medal of honor recipient, also by Rob O'Neill, the Seal who caused UBL to assume room temperature.
On pages 229-230 Will explains the disposition of the Black Hawk chopper that c4ashed during the operation...
" A couple members of our team, including the explosives expert, rigged the downed helicopter with timed charges, so we could blow it up. For both practical and public relations, you never wanted to leave a piece of equipment behind after a mission, especially one as valuable as a Black Hawk helicopter."
Keeping in mind, our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, when many billions of dollars in equipment and supplies were left behind for the Taliban, there seems to be a peculiar stench concerning that whole operation.
Personally, I can think of no other reason for this action (or inaction), other than the honchos in the Pentagon, wanted to present the Taliban with a tremendous gift. ..But we should keep in mind, the buck stops in the Oval office..