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http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/09/24/u-s-special-ops-forces-deployed-in-135-nations/....
This year, U.S. Special Operations forces have already deployed to 135 nations, according to Ken McGraw, a spokesman for Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Thats roughly 70% of the countries on the planet. Every day, in fact, Americas most elite troops are carrying out missions in 80 to 90 nations, practicing night raids or sometimes conducting them for real, engaging in sniper training or sometimes actually gunning down enemies from afar. As part of a global engagement strategy of endless hush-hush operations conducted on every continent but Antarctica, they have now eclipsed the number and range of special ops missions undertaken at the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the waning days of the Bush administration, Special Operations forces (SOF) were reportedly deployed in only about 60 nations around the world. By 2010, according to the Washington Post, that number had swelled to 75. Three years later, it had jumped to 134 nations, slipping to 133 last year, before reaching a new record of 135 this summer. This 80% increase over the last five years is indicative of SOCOMs exponential expansion which first shifted into high gear following the 9/11 attacks.
Special Operations Commands funding, for example, has more than tripled from about $3 billion in 2001 to nearly $10 billion in 2014 constant dollars,according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). And this doesnt include funding from the various service branches, ...........
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This year, U.S. Special Operations forces have already deployed to 135 nations, according to Ken McGraw, a spokesman for Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Thats roughly 70% of the countries on the planet. Every day, in fact, Americas most elite troops are carrying out missions in 80 to 90 nations, practicing night raids or sometimes conducting them for real, engaging in sniper training or sometimes actually gunning down enemies from afar. As part of a global engagement strategy of endless hush-hush operations conducted on every continent but Antarctica, they have now eclipsed the number and range of special ops missions undertaken at the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the waning days of the Bush administration, Special Operations forces (SOF) were reportedly deployed in only about 60 nations around the world. By 2010, according to the Washington Post, that number had swelled to 75. Three years later, it had jumped to 134 nations, slipping to 133 last year, before reaching a new record of 135 this summer. This 80% increase over the last five years is indicative of SOCOMs exponential expansion which first shifted into high gear following the 9/11 attacks.
Special Operations Commands funding, for example, has more than tripled from about $3 billion in 2001 to nearly $10 billion in 2014 constant dollars,according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). And this doesnt include funding from the various service branches, ...........
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U.S. Special Ops Forces Deployed in 135 Nations (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Sep 2015
OP
hack89
(39,171 posts)1. Training other militaries has always been a main mision.nt
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. Is their training themselves and others problematic?
Human101948
(3,457 posts)3. We have always trained and proudly supported dictators, death squads and thugs around the world...
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Terrorism/SOA.html
http://www.rt.com/usa/steele-iraqi-death-squads-527/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/07/26/887753/-US-uses-Death-Squads-in-Afghanistan
http://www.alternet.org/world/35-countries-where-us-has-supported-fascists-druglords-and-terrorists
http://www.salon.com/2011/02/02/american_allies_dictators/
http://www.rt.com/usa/steele-iraqi-death-squads-527/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/07/26/887753/-US-uses-Death-Squads-in-Afghanistan
http://www.alternet.org/world/35-countries-where-us-has-supported-fascists-druglords-and-terrorists
http://www.salon.com/2011/02/02/american_allies_dictators/
barbtries
(28,793 posts)4. US hegemony
the goal of PNAC.
to be the world's sole super power. i'd just like a nice and true democracy thank you very much.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. and THAT's why we can't have nice things,
like a real democracy.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)6. + Infinity (NT)
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)7. and essential things like health care, education, food, .....