Quote Originally Posted by goesh View Post
Credibility, deniability and plausability are handy tools to have that SOG/covert platforms offer, Penta. The formal actions of nations, i.e. official acts of war, lock any number of players into specific courses of action and reaction that aren't alwasy readily stopped once put in motion. When all else fails, blame it on in-house rebels and malcontents when mischief manifests along the border of an atagonist.
I know these things. And it's not that that I'm arguing.

It's the idea of our troops getting involved in the drug trade, in specific. That just seems like it can't possibly go well. Is it something to think about? Sure.

But I really don't think it's a smart idea. It'll blow up in our faces politically and PRwise.