HMMM: CHIEF OF SPECIAL FORCES SEEKS GREATER AUTONOMY

HMMM:

As the United States turns increasingly to Special Operations forces to confront developing threats scattered around the world, the nation’s top Special Operations officer, a member of the Navy Seals who oversaw the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, is seeking new authority to move his forces faster and outside of normal Pentagon deployment channels.

... while the Special Operations Command is certain to see a growth in its budget and personnel when the new Defense Department spending plan is released Monday — in contrast to many other parts of the military that are being cut — no decisions have been made on whether to expand Admiral McRaven’s authorities. 

... The proposals are put forward as a new model for warfare in an age of diminishing Pentagon budgets, shrinking numbers of troops and declining public appetite for large wars of occupation, according to Pentagon officials, military officers and civilian contractors briefed on the plan. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because no decisions have been made. 

...  Admiral McRaven wants the authority to quickly move his units to potential hot spots without going through the standard Pentagon process governing overseas deployments. Historically, the deployment of American forces overseas began with a request from a global combatant commander that was processed through the military’s Joint Staff and placed before the defense secretary for approval, in a cautious and deliberate process. 

... State Department officials say they have not yet been briefed on the proposals. 

... Under Admiral McRaven’s evolving plans — what he calls the Global SOF Alliance — Special Operations forces would be moved around the globe at his direction, to bolster the forces available to the top Special Operations officer assigned to each theater of operation. 

I THINK HE WANTS TO TAKE THE WASHINGTON BUREAUCRATS OUT OF THE EQUATION. AT THE PENTAGON AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT - WHICH IS LOADED WITH ARABISTS AND OTHERS EITHER SYMPATHETIC TO THE ENEMY OR MORE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO APPEASEMENT THAN VICTORY.

THIS IS PROBABLY ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR FUTURE OPERATIONS IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA - ESPECIALLY PAKISTAN AND IRAN.

STAY TUNED...