"...The US Special Operations Forces (USSOF) counter-terrorist forces may have been "off the leash" on this one. These forces are exclusively focused on hunting down terrorist people and support group world-wide. Rumsfeld made them largely independent of the regular military chain of command. They amount to a global SWAT team. They develop their own targeting intelligence and make their own plans. The amount of control that the local US joint commander has over them is not very clear. They are not noted for a great deal of insight into geopolitical niceties....Whatever the cause, the result of ham fisted actions of this kind can be disastrous for the chance of making something better emerge from the situation that Bush/Cheney is leaving for President Obama and his team."
Monday, October 27, 2008
US Special Operations Forces (USSOF) counter-terrorist forces may have been "off the leash" on the Syria raid?
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I agree with the Colonel that unofficially adding a few more (Arab and Muslim) countries to the roster of places under attack and creating heaps of civilian casualties is one way to leave an even greater mess for the next administration.
Either way, the Syrians should overtly put pressure on the Iraqi government that they will be held responsible if they agree to US troops operating in Iraq with impunity.
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