Forget the fact it is only 50 men.
What is to say if the SHTF, someone will come for them? If Benghazi is a reference point, whoever is leading this charge should resign his commissiion immediately and get a job on Wall Street.
The Bay of Pigs was worse than anyone thinks. The carriers were off the coast and the planes were ready to launch. Kennedy grounded them and the Admiral called the President in tears begging for “just one plane Mr. Pesident, just one plane”. Castro and Guevera backed way off until they realized we abandoned those poor bastards. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.