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Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
Not today?
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Why not ask "Not the '80s?" when special Forces received an infusion of much needed funding? Two books that are very interesting to read side by side are Susan Marquis'
Unconventional Warfare: Rebuilding U.S. Special Operation Forces and
Special Forces: The First Fifty Years
What we are seeing today is the media reporting what SF has been doing all along regardless of funding or press coverage. Which is why I ask why not ask "the '80s?" You could as easily ask any timeframe. Special Forces has been doing the job with or without funding and press coverage since its inception.
One could say SF's Hey Day was the Vietnam Era when it was called upon to go above and beyond, or the '80s when funding was better, or now when its the media darling. The truth is Special Operatons soldiers have been performing better than the rest for more than 200 years.