Anyone remember (unitary presnit) Cheney's assassination squads? Wasn't McChrystal running that?

Mika

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Tue Jun-22-10 06:58 PM
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Anyone remember (unitary presnit) Cheney's assassination squads? Wasn't McChrystal running that?

Edited on Tue Jun-22-10 06:59 PM by Mika

It has been a while, but I remember reading that here during Darth's reign.

Anyone?

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JuniperLea

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Tue Jun-22-10 07:00 PM
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1. Is this in reference to his short story about same?

It gave me chills to read about that... and your question was my first thought... I'll be waiting, and hoping someone can connect these dots...

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provis99

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Tue Jun-22-10 07:24 PM
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2. yep, he's the guy.

"Special Operations" command has essentially turned into a political hit squad; looks like they dusted off the old Operation Phoenix manual and used it in Afghanistan.

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vaberella

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Tue Jun-22-10 07:41 PM
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3. Ugh, what a mess. n/t

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tekisui

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Tue Jun-22-10 08:48 PM
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5. The special ops expanded under Obama (and McChrystal)

Up to 75 countries have US special ops now.

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rug

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Tue Jun-22-10 07:43 PM
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4. Yes but, sadly, that's not why he's in trouble.

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Recursion

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Wed Jun-23-10 02:15 AM
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6. I *think* that was under NORTHCOM

Which was Eberhart and then Keating. And some new guy now whose name I don't remember.

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boppers

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Wed Jun-23-10 03:49 AM
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7. Never happened, it died on the vine.

You are thinking of a similar initiative, to use intel teams to eliminate high-value targets, but Cheney's idea was somewhat detached from the military, whereas McChrystal was all about using the military.

Maybe a minor point, it all depends on your perspective, pick one:
1) Does the MIC have hit squads? Yes.
2) Do the different details of different hit squads, and their command and control, matter? Yes.

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Mika

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Wed Jun-23-10 07:00 AM
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8. Thanks for jogging my memory.

:hi:

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