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Old 17th Oct 2001, 16:35
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Hope you all don't mind a civvy starting a thread here, but I'd be interested in your opinions on this.

Is anyone else getting a bit fed up with the gung-ho Politicians and valiant media types ("Hell Nooooooe we won't goooooe, maaaaaaannnnn" in 60s...) going on about SAS to go in.. stuff.

I always thought Special Forces ops depended on secrecy. "Covert Infiltration" and all that.

See this in 'Dununda and Godzone':
http://www.pprune.org/cgibin/ultimat...&f=12&t=007367

Is it ethical for such missions to be blown like this?
Are we not risking peoples lives uneccasarily?
Presume the Taliban can read English?

Or are the lads so professional that it won't matter anyway?

Thoughts anyone....

PS: BTW I actually did 1 year in TA Royal Sigs, but I don't presume to count that as mil experience...
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