The very loose rule set on special ops inside the Gap
Sunday, November 28, 2004 at 5:37AM ■"U.S. Drafts Order for Special Forces: Troops Are Being Prepared for Cladestine Operations Against Terrorist Groups," by David S. Cloud and Greg Jaffe, Wall Street Journal, 24 November 2004, p. A4.
Frustrated with the Global War on Terrorism and our inability to track down and kill certain terrorist leaders hiding away in certain ungoverned territories or states, the Pentagon is rewriting the rule set on clandestine ops by Special Forces. Frankly, this is a very good thing. We want these guys to have the loosest possible rule sets, with the world as their playground. That sort of direct action belongs with the Pentagon in a GWOT, not the CIA. Weíre not hunting spies in this war, but actual combatants.
Kerry was right: this is a police action . . . inside the Core. But Bush was also right: this is a war inside the Gap.
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