Elite Troops Get Expanded Role on Intelligence

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I hate to be the one to tell ya, but you are full of crap. There is no such goal. These are the most professional troops in our inventory. They are not "death squads". They do a good job.

I am certain you have something to back up your assertions, so lets see them.

Are you trying to tell me that these guys....

find, fix, finish and follow-up" — shorthand for locating terrorist leaders, tracking them precisely, capturing or killing them, and then using the information gathered to plan another operation.

are looking for a fourth for bridge?

Hello... anybody in there... they are placed in foreign countries to search out and kill anyone they feel is a terrorist. Sheriff, Judge, Jury and Executioner, from your own story, don't you read what you post.
I'd bet money there's a wee bit of torture in there, too.

Most professional troops in our inventory? I wouldn't dispute that at all, but what is their profession? To find and kill? To take the initiative like Ollie North? Certainly not to win friends and influence people, with their charm and social graces. They are killers, and damn good ones.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Most professional troops in our inventory? I wouldn't dispute that at all, but what is their profession? ... They are killers, and damn good ones.

"Death squads" in this context are small potatoes to them Bruce. Look for the key words from my response below, in the 4th para of the linked page, for a hint towards the magnitude of what they can actually do.

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I reckon you're limiting your options by leaving out redheads. you might think about reconsidering one day.

It's probably just that no redhead has ever given him the green light!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by NoBoxes

"Death squads" in this context are small potatoes to them Bruce. Look for the key words from my response below, in the 4th para of the linked page, for a hint towards the magnitude of what they can actually do.

Fourth paragraph.

Richard was assigned to a SCUBA SFODA (Special Forces Operational Detachment ALPHA or A Team), and a SADM Green Light Team (Special Atomic Demolitions Munitions) a nuclear delivery team. During these years he conducted operations in 7 countries including reconnaissance in Iraq, and delivered instruction in advanced combat trauma, field surgical skills to members form 10 European and Mid Eastern Countries. He was selected to be the principal creator and Senior Instructor of the NATO International Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Medic Course, in Weingarten, Federal Republic of Germany.

That's what I'm talking about... "and damn good at it". A "team" of this nature, operating out of an embassy, could create a ton of havoc.
My concern is oversight... power corrupts, ya know? Power with a skewed perspective is very dangerous when it's corrupted.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Fourth paragraph. That's what I'm talking about... "and damn good at it". A "team" of this nature, operating out of an embassy, could create a ton of havoc.
My concern is oversight... power corrupts, ya know? Power with a skewed perspective is very dangerous when it's corrupted.

Just taking the fight to the bad guys. I have no problem with it. Glad they are doing it. I still don't buy the "death squad" lable.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Just taking the fight to the bad guys. I have no problem with it. Glad they are doing it. I still don't buy the "death squad" lable.

How do you know they are only.... uh, neutralizing, bad guys?

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Just taking the fight to the bad guys. I have no problem with it. Glad they are doing it. I still don't buy the "death squad" lable.

Bad guys? Its a lot more complicated then that. I get very suspicious when there is a clear cut good versus evil.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Well, you're clearly not a good republican.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Well, you're clearly not a good republican.

Eh, I don't think I'm a good *insert any political philosophy*

[tw]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Just taking the fight to the bad guys. I have no problem with it. Glad they are doing it. I still don't buy the "death squad" lable.

You don't buy the 'death squad' label because like a good extremist conservative, you therefore magically know? You need not say why you know. Because you are an extremist conservative, then we should trust you to know? Others have suggested 'death squad' simply by using lessons from history. But TheMercenary magically knows 'death squads' will not happen. Zieg Heil? Is that why you magically know? Is that why you repeatedly ignore the question?

As piercehawkeye45 demonstrates, only you can be trusted to know which are the good guys and which are the bad.