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Originally Posted by dyna mo
absofuckinglutely 100% wrong.
troops are fucking troops and you of all people, with your self-proclaimed understanding of the military, ought to know that. and moreover, special forces boots on the ground are ALWAYS the prelude to more troops on the fucking ground.
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Not at all.
"Boots on the ground" implies large numbers of men and personnel, plus supporting equipment - tanks, Humvees, helicopters, etc, that will be there for an extended period of time. A small squad of Special Forces that move in for a single operation and then quickly leave is not what anyone considers "boots on the ground". If you want to argue "boots on the ground" by the strictest definition... We've always had "boots on the ground" - we still have thousand of troops on the ground in Iraq.
This was a Special Forces operation, not an invasion.
This is how warfare will be - small groups of Special Forces flying in, doing what they do, and then quickly leaving. Combined with drone strikes it will be very effective.