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		"U.S. special forces face the serious danger of being bogged down in a permanent game of global whack-a-mole" (usatoday.com)		62
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biglot		2013-04-09 02:22:18 PM

Why not just let these moles whack themselves?

Joe Blowme		2013-04-09 02:38:42 PM

So we should make them stand down and let the bad guys do what ever they want where ever they want, think of the children.

Gyrfalcon		2013-04-09 02:46:48 PM

deadsanta: What, was the "obvious" or the "repeat" tag broken?

We don't have a "well, duh" tag.

But we need one.

Jument		2013-04-09 02:52:03 PM

Lawyers With Nukes: War on terror.
War on drugs.
War on poverty.
War on inequality.
War on racism.
War on hate.

Infinite, total war. Oh how we love it. God bless America.

I know! Let's have a "war on war"! That'll fix it!

Kittypie070		2013-04-09 02:58:04 PM

I'd really like to know just how subtard labeled this with the Daily Fail when it's actually an article from USA TODAY

Brainsick		2013-04-09 03:01:46 PM

kriegsgeist: Other special ops units, which are collectively referred to as "Special Forces" colloquially, have their own missions. Rangers are Army special operators whose primary mission is securing airfields or other objectives prior to some other mission (the "tip of the spear"). Delta Force is a unit drawn from Army Special Forces that focuses on hostage rescue and high value target elimination/extraction. They are sort of the Army counterpart to Navy SEALs, with the difference being SEALs' are ~~specifically~~additionally trained to operate from or in maritime environments. With the GWOT the distinction has become blurry, since there aren't a lot of oceans in Afghanistan. Marine Special Operations do some of the stuff Army SF does, but their main job is force/fleet protection. CIA has their own operators (Special Activities Division) drawn from all of the above, whose job is security, intelligence collection, and direct action (basically assassinations).

FTFY

SEa Air and Land is what SEAL stands for. They operate in all three environments

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Ned Stark		2013-04-09 03:12:42 PM

WTF Indeed: It's either that or massive invasions of every nation we know is harboring terrorists. Which one will cost less in money and lives?

False dichotomy. We CAN just do nothing.

StokeyBob		2013-04-09 03:36:27 PM

Did the force for global good reattach the U.S. moniker to its name?

NostroZ		2013-04-09 04:28:15 PM

imashark: Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken.
The force shall free me.

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DrPainMD		2013-04-10 07:08:22 AM

The war is not meant to be won; it is meant to be continuous.

DrPainMD		2013-04-10 07:15:38 AM

WTF Indeed: It's either that or massive invasions of every nation we know is harboring terrorists. Which one will cost less in money and lives?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Bosch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Mitrione

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Colby

I could go on... the list is a very long one.

Hawnkee		2013-04-11 05:32:56 AM

NostroZ: imashark: Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken.
The force shall free me.

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The Sith didn't believe in grammar checkers either.

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