Top US Commander: Wars Hurting Hunt for WMDs
Special Forces Spending Too Much Time Fighting Wars
In a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee, SOCOM commander Admiral Eric Olson has warned that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are significantly hurting the ability of his forces to hunt for weapons of mass destruction.
Fewer commandos are available for such hunts, Olson warned, because so many of them are committed to fighting these wars. He warned that the threat of terrorists getting WMDs “is greater now than at any other time in history.”
Olson had previously expressed hope that the effort could “be redoubled” as those wars wind down. But with the Afghan War seemingly lasting forever and the growing prospect of US troops staying in Iraq past 2011, it seems SOCOM will be fighting wars for quite some time.
SOCOM special forces have been seen in particular as being active in Afghanistan, where they are credited with having killed 365 “top Taliban commanders” in the past three months alone. Due to their secretive nature, however, it is unclear how many are deployed where.
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MoT
August 27th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
What? The ghost of WMDs past are being visited once again? And to think all the spent blood and treasure started with that excuse. Just how in the hell do these shameless bastards look themselves in the mirror each day? When I thought they couldn't possibly pull the WMD "wabbit" out of their collective behinds for another screwing of the public, there they go again!
Chirvan Edross
August 28th, 2010 at 3:30 am
They have to bring it out now because Iran is in their cross hairs. And the gullible American public will fall for it again. I can guarantee that.
V for Vendetta
August 28th, 2010 at 11:28 am
"In a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee, SOCOM commander Admiral Eric Olson has warned that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are significantly hurting the ability of his forces to hunt for weapons of mass destruction." Well I'm no Sherlock Holmes in a government issued gold-braided costume Admiral Olson, but I think I know where you can easily find plenty of "WMD's." Just look in the weapons inventories of the U.S. armed forces and you will find plenty of nuclear, chemical and biological WMD's. The same is true for our NATO and Israeli "allies" as well. Eliminate those, Admiral Olson, and the world will instantly be a much safer place to live. Don't bother thanking me; I'm just glad I could be of REAL SERVICE to my country.