Neoconservative propagandist Max Boot, writing
in the UK magazine Spectator, says:
With more
American (and, one hopes, allied) eyes on the ground, it will be possible to
call in more air strikes with greater effectiveness, as occurred in Afghanistan
during the autumn of 2001. Western commandos such as Seal Team Six, Delta Force
and the British and Australian SAS should also expand operations to
carry out the kind of intelligence-driven leadership targeting that was an
important part of the 2007-2008 surge. (Bold is my emphasis.)
Well, we know
there are already American ‘advisors’ on the ground in Iraq and more are on
the way, that
much we have already been told, but there has been no announcement from any
of America’s allies about any UK or Australian special forces being deployed on
the ground in Iraq. Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott, however, has offered
to send ground forces if asked to.
Max Boot has been around the traps for a very long time and has over
the years developed a strong network of US administration and defence
department insider sources so, when Boot writes that special forces – including
Australian SAS – should expand operations in Iraq, one wonders if Boot
hasn’t let the cat out of the bag by inferring that they should expand on the
numbers that are already there. Knowing the Abbott government’s propensity not
to ‘discuss military operational matters’, one shouldn’t be too surprised to
find that Australian SAS units may already be in Iraq.
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