[Daus]

Experts like former Deputy Defense secretary John Hamre are also concerned that Special Ops now has generic authority to deploy where it wants without case-by-case orders. Without proper civilian oversight, a Zarqawi-style success can easily become a "Black Hawk Down."

Sure, if only their had more 'civilian control' in Somalia, the whole thing could have been avoided... /s

[Thrusher]

Without proper civilian oversight, a Zarqawi-style success can easily become a "Black Hawk Down."

Um, didn't "Blackhawk Down" become a "Black Hawk Down" because of the "civilian oversight" not wanting to do soemthing un-PC, rather than just letting the military do its job?