Comments on: Spec-Ops School: The Time Has Come for a Manhunting Agency http://washingtonindependent.com/66345/spec-ops-school-the-time-has-come-for-a-manhunting-agency National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ike http://washingtonindependent.com/66345/spec-ops-school-the-time-has-come-for-a-manhunting-agency/comment-page-1#comment-134486 Ike Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:16:45 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66345#comment-134486 Spence, rather than read Wired's report, you ought to check out the Joint Special Operations University report at <a href="https://jsoupublic.socom.mil/publications/jsou/JSOU09-7crawfordManhunting_final.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://jsoupublic.socom.mil/publications/jsou/...</a>, or read his book at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604413328" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604413328</a> <br>Both reflect a pretty broad understanding of military and national security issues. Put simply: our folks are hunting down terrorists. The main question in these documents is, do we keep doing so as a "pick up game" as you put it? Or do we look at ourselves in the mirror, acknowledge that, if killing has to be done, it's better to kill a single bad-actor than to bomb innocent civilians. If we can rationally arrive at the obvious conclusion -- albeit the least-worst choice -- then it falls to experts like Crawford to roll up their sleeves and get to the nasty business we've asked them to do. Recommend you give them a serious read. Spence, rather than read Wired's report, you ought to check out the Joint Special Operations University report at https://jsoupublic.socom.mil/publications/jsou/…, or read his book at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604413328
Both reflect a pretty broad understanding of military and national security issues. Put simply: our folks are hunting down terrorists. The main question in these documents is, do we keep doing so as a “pick up game” as you put it? Or do we look at ourselves in the mirror, acknowledge that, if killing has to be done, it's better to kill a single bad-actor than to bomb innocent civilians. If we can rationally arrive at the obvious conclusion — albeit the least-worst choice — then it falls to experts like Crawford to roll up their sleeves and get to the nasty business we've asked them to do. Recommend you give them a serious read.

]]> By: Ike http://washingtonindependent.com/66345/spec-ops-school-the-time-has-come-for-a-manhunting-agency/comment-page-1#comment-105346 Ike Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:16:45 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66345#comment-105346 Spence, rather than read Wired's report, you ought to check out the Joint Special Operations University report at <a href="https://jsoupublic.socom.mil/publications/jsou/JSOU09-7crawfordManhunting_final.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://jsoupublic.socom.mil/publications/jsou/...</a>, or read his book at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604413328" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604413328</a> <br>Both reflect a pretty broad understanding of military and national security issues. Put simply: our folks are hunting down terrorists. The main question in these documents is, do we keep doing so as a "pick up game" as you put it? Or do we look at ourselves in the mirror, acknowledge that, if killing has to be done, it's better to kill a single bad-actor than to bomb innocent civilians. If we can rationally arrive at the obvious conclusion -- albeit the least-worst choice -- then it falls to experts like Crawford to roll up their sleeves and get to the nasty business we've asked them to do. Recommend you give them a serious read. Spence, rather than read Wired's report, you ought to check out the Joint Special Operations University report at https://jsoupublic.socom.mil/publications/jsou/…, or read his book at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604413328
Both reflect a pretty broad understanding of military and national security issues. Put simply: our folks are hunting down terrorists. The main question in these documents is, do we keep doing so as a “pick up game” as you put it? Or do we look at ourselves in the mirror, acknowledge that, if killing has to be done, it's better to kill a single bad-actor than to bomb innocent civilians. If we can rationally arrive at the obvious conclusion — albeit the least-worst choice — then it falls to experts like Crawford to roll up their sleeves and get to the nasty business we've asked them to do. Recommend you give them a serious read.

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]]> By: strangely_enough http://washingtonindependent.com/66345/spec-ops-school-the-time-has-come-for-a-manhunting-agency/comment-page-1#comment-101940 strangely_enough Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:48 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66345#comment-101940 Yep. We need death squads. What's a little extra-judicial killing... Yep. We need death squads. What's a little extra-judicial killing…

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