Special Ops Missions Don't Always Succeed. Here Are Five Times They Didn't

Reuters
September 24, 2020 Topic: Security Region: World Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: U.S. MilitarySpecial ForcesKoreaMogadishuCasualties

Special Ops Missions Don't Always Succeed. Here Are Five Times They Didn't

Most of these operations combine an excessive degree of military optimism about the parameters of possibility with a lack of political understanding of the risks and costs of failure.

 

This article first appeared several years ago.

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