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The Obama administration "has significantly expanded a largely secret US war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups with Special Ops forces in 75 countries, compared with about 60 at the beginning of last year."
Petraeus' order "also allowed for US special forces to enter Iran to gather intelligence" for potential future operations.
The Pentagon's Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force Execute Order authorized Special Ops forces sent anywhere. Moreover, its Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) deploys covert elements to kill targeted suspects, including US citizens.
No one anywhere is safe from Washington's war on humanity. Obama nominally heads it. So did Bush, his predecessors, and whoever becomes America's next president.
In fact, Pentagon power today is a rogue global force. In his book titled, "House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power," James Carroll discussed its bigger than life source of power and significance.
Even though civilians nominally head it, they operate by military rules. Its ethos is war to achieve unchallenged dominance. Its ceremonial groundbreaking occurred on September 11, 1941. Today it's a force unto itself.
America "only knows how to exercise one kind of power, the hard brutal power of military force." Enemies don't exist, so they're invented. At issue now is changing a destructive dynamic or "we're going to lead the globe right over the edge into the disaster" that's plagued humanity since the atom was split.
Waging global wars hastens the day. So does deploying trained killers anywhere worldwide to kill targeted enemies.
Special Forces now operate in 120 or more countries. Expect that total to rise. Pentagon power reaches everywhere. Established in 1987, US Special Forces Command (SOCOM) involves all service branches.
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