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<p>“Nobody believes in it. You’re like, ‘Fuck this,’” a former Green Beret says of America’s covert and clandestine programs to train and arm Syrian militias. “Everyone on the ground knows they are jihadis. No one on the ground believes in this mission or this effort, and they know they are just training the next generation of jihadis, so they are sabotaging it by saying, ‘Fuck it, who cares?’”</p>

The internet has no shortage of basement-dwelling commandos beating at their keyboards like chimpanzees as they forcefully insist upon one incorrect factoid or another regarding Special Operations units. All SEALs are considered Tier One, right?No. Rangers pull security for Delta, correct? Time to throw away that scratched-up "Black Hawk Down" DVD, hero.Since the Internet stupidity goes on and on, two of the SOFREP staff decided to team up and write a definitive article about the differences between SEALs and Rangers. This article was co-written by Brandon Webb, who served in SEAL Team Three, and Jack Murphy, who served in 3rd Ranger Battalion.

----- Original Message -----From: [Captain Larry Bailey, SEAL, USN Navy Retired] To: xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 8:19 AM Subject: Just getting started... xxxxx, Gotta get this out to the world! Use it as you will--write your own, if you like, but please get the word out! Help me! Larry Dear Benghazi Patriot, This is short notice for such a major event, but it has to be done. You see, Special Operations Speaks www.specialoperationsspeaks.com has just been asked by Congressman Steve Stockman to mount an event to put pressure on the House of Representatives (and especially Speaker Boehner!) to...