Iithebhu emagxeni abo ukufunda "Imikhosi ekhethekileyo," "iRanger," "i-Airborne." Kwaye kungekudala isikhokelo sabo - "imibala" yeNkampani B, iBattalion yesi-3 yeQela le-7 leMikhosi eKhethekileyo yase-US - iya kuba ihonjisiwe nge "Bandera de Guerra," umhombiso wokulwa waseColombia.
โNamhlanje sikhumbula iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu yomlo osisigxina wokulwa neziyobisi kumsitho apho bonke abantu baseColombia banokuwuqonda umsebenzi onzima owenziwa ngamajoni achasene nokuthengiswa kweziyobisi,โ wathi UColonel Walther Jimenez, inkumanda yomkhosi oKhethekileyo wokuLwa neziYobisi kuMkhosi waseColombia, ngoDisemba ophelileyo. Amajoni aphakamileyo aseMelika, i-Special Operations forces (SOF), isebenze naloo yunithi yaseColombia ukususela ekudalweni kwayo ngoDisemba 2000. Ukususela ngo-2014, amaqela amane amajoni aKhethekileyo aye abeka iliso elibukhali kwi-brigade. Ngoku, babezukiswa ngenxa yoko.
Icandelo le $ 10 yezigidigidi Inkqubo yokulwa ne-narcotics kunye nokuchasana nobunqolobi, eyaqulunqwa ngeminyaka yoo-1990, iinzame ezikhethekileyo ze-ops eColombia zi kakhulu i-ballyhooded Ibali lempumelelo laseMelika. Uphononongo luka-2015 RAND Corporation fu maneka ukuba inkqubo โimele iinzame zentsebenziswano zeSOF ezihlala zihleli eziye zakwazi ukunceda ukukhuthaza iqela elinobuchule nelinobuchule obukhethekileyo bokusebenza.โ Kwaye okwexeshana, imveliso yecoca kwelo lizwe behla. Ngokwenene, esi yayisisithembiso sokugqibela se โPlan Colombiaโ yaseMelika kunye nemigudu eyalandela emva kwayo. "Kwixesha elide, sinokulindela ukubona ukupheliswa kweziyobisi okusebenzayo ngakumbi kunye nokwanda kokuthintelwa kokuthunyelwa kweziyobisi ezingekho mthethweni," uMongameli uBill Clinton. qi kelelwa ngoJanuwari 2000.
Namhlanje, nangona kunjalo, ngaphezu kwe-460,000 yeehektare zamaphandle aseColombia ngubo kunye nezityalo ze-coca, ngaphezu kwexesha le-1980s ye-cocaine kingpin edume kakubi UPablo Escobar. Ukusweleka kwe-cocaine overdose yase-US kukwiminyaka eli-10 ephezulu kunye nokusetyenziswa kwe-cocaine okokuqala phakathi kwabantu abadala abancinci. i spiked I-61% ukususela ngo-2013. "Iziphumo zakutsha nje zibonisa ukuba ukusetyenziswa kwe-cocaine kunokuphinda kuvele njengenkxalabo yempilo yoluntu e-United States," babhala abaphandi abavela kwi-US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services kuphononongo. ishicilelwe ngoDisemba 2016 - emva nje kokuba Green Berets waya kuloo msitho e Colombia. I-Cocaine, ababhali bolu phando babhala, "inokuba iyabuya."
IColombia ayisiyonto ingaqhelekanga xa kufikwa kwi-US ekhethekileyo yokuthunyelwa kwe-ops-okanye iziphumo eziphuma kuzo. Ngabo bonke ubuchule babo, izakhono zobuchule, amandla oqeqesho, kunye nokufezekiswa kwedabi, amandla e-US Special Operations Force ukuze afezekise impumelelo eqinisekileyo kunye nokunyamezela - uloyiso olucwangcisiweyo olusebenzela iimfuno zelizwe lase-US - lubonakalise ukuba lunqongophele kakhulu, inyani evezwe e-Afghanistan. ukuya eIraq, eYemen ukuya kwiiPhilippines.
Ityala lale nto alikho kumkhosi ngokwawo, kodwa kumbutho wezopolitiko kunye nomkhosi ohlala ubonakala ungenambono weqhinga kwaye awuzange uphumelele imfazwe enkulu ukusukela oko. 1940s. Kolu lwaphulo-mthetho, imikhosi e-elite yase-US ithunyelwa kwakhona kwaye kwakhona. Ngelixa abalawuli abakhethekileyo be-ops banokuphakamisa inkxalabo malunga ne-tempo yokusebenza kunye noxinzelelo kumkhosi, abakwazanga ukulwa nemibuzo emikhulu malunga noku. isizathu sokuba ye-SOF, ngelixa ukusekwa kolongamelo kweWashington, ngakumbi iNdlu kunye neeKomiti zeeNkonzo zeSenethi ezixhobileyo, ziye zasilela ngokungaguquguqukiyo ukubuza imibuzo enzima malunga nokusebenziseka kobuchule bemikhosi yeMisebenzi eYodwa yaseMelika.
Ii-Ops ezikhethekileyo eMfazwe
โSisebenza kwaye silwa kuzo zonke iimbombo zehlabathi,โ uyaqhayisa Jikelele uRaymond Thomas, umphathi we-US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM okanye SOCOM). โYonke imihla, sigcina umkhosi othunyelweyo okanye othunyelwe phambili omalunga nama-8,000 kumazwe angama-80 nangaphezulu. Baqhuba lonke uluhlu lwemishini yeSOF kuzo zombini iimeko zokulwa nezingezizo zokulwa. " La manani, nangona kunjalo, abonisa kuphela ubungakanani bokwenyani kunye nomda walo mzamo okhethekileyo we-ops yehlabathi. Kunyaka ophelileyo, eyona mikhosi iphezulu yaseMelika iqhube ubufundisi kumazwe ali-138 - malunga ne-70% yezizwe ezisemhlabeni, ngokutsho kumanani anikiweyo TomDispatch nguMyalelo weMisebenzi eYodwa yase-US. Isiqingatha nge-2017, i-commandos yase-US sele ithunyelwe kumazwe angama-137 amangalisayo, ngokutsho kwesithethi seSOCOM uKen McGraw.
I-Special Operations Command inikwe umsebenzi wokwenza imisebenzi eyi-12 engundoqo, ukusuka ekulweni kunye nemfazwe engaqhelekanga ukuya ekuhlangulweni kwabathinjwa kunye nokubala ukwanda kwezixhobo zokutshabalalisa. I-Counterterrorism - ukulwa oko kubizwa ngumyalelo ngokuba yimibutho enobundlobongela (VEOs) - nangona kunjalo, ingaba yintoni imikhosi yaseMelika eyaziwayo kakhulu emva kwe-9 / 11 era. "Isoyikiso esibangelwa yi-VEOs sihlala sisona siphambili kwi-USSOCOM kugxininiso kunye nomzamo," uthi UTomas.
"IMibutho yoMsebenzi oKhethekileyo ngowona mzamo uphambili, okanye umzamo omkhulu wenkxaso we-US egxile kwi-VEO e-Afghanistan, eSyria, eIraq, eYemen, eSomalia, eLibya, kulo lonke elaseSahel yaseAfrika, kwiiPhilippines, nakuMbindi / eMzantsi Melika - ngokusisiseko, kuyo yonke indawo. I-Al Qaeda (AQ) kunye ne-Islamic State yase-Iraq kunye neSiriya (ISIS) zifumaneka ... "
Abaqhubi abakhethekileyo basasazwe kuMbindi Mpuma kunawo nawuphi na omnye ummandla. Uninzi lwabo lucebisa imikhosi karhulumente wase-Iraqi kunye namajoni ase-Iraqi Kurdish kunye namaKurdish YPG (iYunithi yoKhuseleko oludumileyo) kunye nemikhosi eyahlukeneyo yama-Arabhu eSyria, ngokutsho kuLinda Robinson, umhlalutyi ophezulu wemigaqo-nkqubo wamazwe ngamazwe kunye neRAND Corporation ochithe iiveki ezisixhenxe e-Iraq, eSyria, nakumazwe angabamelwane ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Ngexesha utyelelo ukuya e-Qayyarah, e-Iraq - indawo yokubonisa iphulo lokukhulula i-Mosul, isixeko esasisakuba sisixeko sesibini ngobukhulu e-Iraq, kulawulo lwabalweli be-Islamic State - uRobinson "ubone iyunithi yonyango yase-US esanda kufakwa kunye ne-ICU yayo emise iintente kwisiseko. โ Kuhlobo lobuthunywa obufane kuxelwe, oogqirha botyando abakhethekileyo, abongikazi, kunye nezinye iingcaphephe babeka izakhono zabo ekusebenzeni kumabala edabi akude lee kungekuphela nje ukusindisa ubomi baseMelika, kodwa ukuxhasa imikhosi ebambeneyo ebambeneyo enesakhono esilinganiselweyo sonyango. Ngokomzekelo, iQela le-Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team lisanda kuchitha iiveki ezisibhozo kwindawo engachazwanga kwindawo yemidlalo yase-Iraq-Syria, ukunyanga izigulane ze-750 ezonzakele kwimfazwe. Isebenza kwikhaya elinomgangatho omnye elishiyiweyo kwindawo yedabi, i-airmen eqeqeshwe ngokukodwa isebenze kwi-19 yeziganeko zokwenzakala kunye nangaphezulu kwe-400 yokudubula komntu okanye ukwenzakala.
Xa ungasindisi ubomi e-Iraq naseSyria, imikhosi yase-US ephezulu ihlala ibandakanyeka kwiinzame zokuzithatha. "I-US SOF ... ifakwe kwindima entsha yokulungelelanisa inkxaso yomlilo," wabhala uRobinson. "Le nkxaso yomlilo ibaluleke ngakumbi kuMkhosi weDemokhrasi yaseSyria, umkhosi oxhobe kakhulu ongekho mthethweni owenza umkhosi omkhulu wokulwa ne-ISIS eSyria." Ngapha koko, ividiyo yadutshulwa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, kuhlalutywe nge Washington Post, ibonisa abaqhubi abakhethekileyo "basebenza njengento yokujonga into ebonakala ngathi i-airstrikes yase-US eyenziwa yi-A-10 yeenqwelomoya zokuhlaselwa komhlaba" ukuxhasa i-Syrian Democratic Forces elwela idolophu yaseShadadi.
I-Afrika ngoku ikwinqanaba lesibini xa isiza ekuhanjisweni kwabaqhubi abakhethekileyo ngenxa yokukhula okubonakalayo kwimishini apho kwiminyaka yakutshanje. Kuphela yi-3% yee-commandos zase-US ezithunyelwe phesheya kolwandle zathunyelwa e-Afrika ngo-2010. Ngoku elo nani limi ngaphezu kwe-17%, ngokutsho kwidatha yeSOCOM. Kunyaka ophelileyo, imikhosi yeMisebenzi eKhethekileyo yase-US yathunyelwa kumazwe angama-32 ase-Afrika, malunga nama-60% amazwe akwilizwekazi. Njengoko mna mva nje umbiko at VICE News, nangaliphi na ixesha, i-Navy SEALs, i-Green Berets, kunye nabanye abaqhubi abakhethekileyo ngoku baqhuba imisebenzi ephantse ibe yi-100 kumazwe angama-20 aseAfrika.
NgoMeyi, umzekelo, ii-Navy SEALs zazibandakanyeke "kwiphulo lokucebisa kunye nokuncedisa" kunye namalungu omkhosi waseSomalia kwaye zahlaselwa. USEAL uKyle Milliken wabulawa kwaye abanye abasebenzi ababini base-US benzakala ngexesha lomlilo owathi, ngokutsho kwesithethi se-AFRICOM uRobyn Mack, washiya abathathu be-al-Shabaab befile. Imikhosi yase-US nayo esetyenziswe eLibya ukuqokelela ubukrelekrele ukuze benze ugwayimbo lwamathuba ngokuchasene nemikhosi ye-Islamic State apho. Ngelixa amaphulo okuMbindi Afrika ngokuchasene neLord's Resistance Army (LRA), umkhosi okhohlakeleyo oye wagrogrisa lo mmandla kangangamashumi eminyaka, inxeba phantsi kutshanje, a US commando kuthiwa bulawa ilungu le-LRA kutshanje ngo-Epreli.
Uqeqesho lwaseNtwasahlobo
Oko uGeneral Thomas akubiza ngokuba โkukwakha amandla ezizwe ezingamahlakaniโ kwenza umqolo wemisebenzi yehlabathi yomyalelo wakhe. Umhla nezolo, awona majoni abalaseleyo aseMelika enza imisebenzi yoqeqesho elolo hlobo ukulola izakhono zabo kunye nezo zamahlakani abo kunye nemikhosi ebambayo kwiplanethi iphela.
Kulo Januwari, umzekelo, iiBerets eziHlaza kunye neeparatroopers zaseJapan zenze uqeqesho lomoya kufutshane neChiba, eJapan. NgoFebruwari wabona iGreen Berets kwiZiko loQeqesho laseSanaa kumantla-ntshona eSyria ecebisa abantu ukuba bagaywe kwiBhunga loMkhosi laseManbij, umkhosi wabasetyhini wokulwa wamaKurds, ama-Arabhu, amaKrestu, amaTurkmen kunye namaYazidis. NgoMatshi, ii-Green Berets ezazihamba ngekhephu zajoyina imikhosi yasekhaya kuqeqesho lomkhosi wemozulu ebandayo eLapland, eFinland. Kwangaloo nyanga inye, abaqhubi abakhethekileyo namajoni angaphezu kwama-3,000 XNUMX avela eKhanada, eCzech Republic, e-Estonia, eFinland, eFransi, eJamani, eHungary, eItali, eKosovo, eLatvia, eMacedonia, eNetherlands, eSlovenia naseUnited Kingdom baba nenxaxheba kuqeqesho lobuchule. eJamani.
Emanzini asuka eKuwait, abaqhubi abakhethekileyo bajoyine imikhosi ebalaseleyo evela kwiGulf Cooperation Council izizwe ekuqhubeni uqheliselo olulinganisa impendulo ekhawulezileyo xa kuqweqwediswa inqanawa yeoli. Ngo-Epreli, imikhosi ekhethekileyo yamajoni yaya eSerbia ukuya kuqeqesha kunye neyunithi ekhethekileyo yokulwa nabanqolobi. NgoMeyi, amalungu oMsebenzi oDibeneyo oDibeneyo oKhethekileyo wokuSebenza-i-Iraq enze uqeqesho kunye nemikhosi yokusebenza ekhethekileyo yase-Iraq kufutshane ne-Baghdad. Kwangaloo nyanga inye, abasebenzi basemkhosini abangama-7,200, kuquka i-US Air Force Special Tactics airmen, imikhosi ekhethekileyo yase-Italiyane, amalungu omkhosi okhethekileyo welizwe laseJordani, kunye nemikhosi evela kumazwe angaphezu kweshumi elinesibini athatha inxaxheba kwi-Exercise Enger Lion, eqhelisela yonke into ekuhlaseleni. iikhompawundi kwi-cyber-defense. Ngokwenxalenye yabo, iqela le-SEALs liqhube uqeqesho lokuntywila kunye nemikhosi yamaGrike ekhethekileyo eSouda Bay, eGrisi, ngelixa abanye bajoyina imikhosi ye-NATO eJamani njengenxalenye ye-Exercise Saber Junction 17 yoqeqesho ekusebenzeni komhlaba, kubandakanya intlekisa "emva kwemishini yotshaba" โkwilali yaseYurophu eyifanisayo.โ
#Ukuphumelela
"Besiphambili kwimisebenzi yokhuseleko lwesizwe kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu idlulileyo, ukubandakanya ukulwa okuqhubekayo kule minyaka ili-15 kunye nesiqingatha idlulileyo," uThomas weSOCOM. xelelwe Ikomitana yeeNkonzo zesiXhobo zeNdlu kwiZisongelo ezisaKhoyo kunye neZakhono kwinyanga ephelileyo. "Eli xesha liyimbali libe ngumqolo weyona mpumelelo inkulu, kunye nomthombo wowona mceli mngeni mkhulu, kukulungela okuzingileyo kwala mandla makhulu." Nangona kunjalo, kubo bonke ubungangamsha babo kunye nazo zonke ezo mpumelelo, kuyo yonke imibhiyozo abayiyo, iimfazwe, ungenelelo, kunye nezinye izenzo abasebenze kuzo njengencam yomkhonto waseMelika ubukhulu becala baye baseka, babhukuqa, okanye basilela. .
Emva kwempumelelo yabo yokuqala yeqhinga e-Afghanistan emva kohlaselo lwe-9/11, abaqhubi be-elite baseMelika baba ngamaxhoba eWashington. ukuhluleka ukuvakalisa uloyiso kwaye ndigoduke. Ngenxa yoko, kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo, ii-commandos zase-US bezigqogqa amakhaya, zifowunela ugwayimbo lwasemoyeni, ziqeqesha imikhosi yasekuhlaleni, kwaye zisilwa idabi elingagungqiyo ngokuchasene noluhlu olukhulayo lwamaqela abagrogrisi kwelo lizwe. Kuyo yonke imizamo yabo, kunye nabazalwana babo basemkhosini abaqhelekileyo kunye nabalingane base-Afghan basekhaya, imfazwe ngoku, ngokutsho kumphathi ophezulu wase-US kuMbindi Mpuma, "isigxina." Leyo yindlela echubekileyo yokuthetha ukuba ingxelo yamva nje kwiNkongolo yoMhloli oKhethekileyo woKwakhiwo kwakhona kwe-Afghanistan ifunyenwe: izithili ezikhuphisanayo okanye eziphantsi โkolawulo lwabavukeli okanye impembeleloโ ziye. vuka ukusuka kwi-28% esele iphawuleka ngo-2015 ukuya kuma-40%.
Imfazwe yase-Afghanistan yaqala ngeenzame zokubamba okanye ukubulala inkokeli ye-al-Qaeda u-Osama bin Laden. Emva kokusilela kulo msebenzi wangemva kwe-9/11, imikhosi e-elite yaseMelika yajikeleza amavili abo kule minyaka ilishumi izayo xa ifika kwikamva lakhe. Ekugqibeleni, ngo-2011, i-Navy SEALs yamvalela kwikhaya lakhe elide ePakistan kwaye yamdubula. Ukususela ngoko, abaqhubi abakhethekileyo Ngubani iqhutywe ubuthunywa kunye Washington abadlali-amandla (hayi ukuba ukubalula hollywood) bebencoma le mpumelelo yeqhinga elinye.
Ku Hlola udliwano-ndlebe, Robert O'Neill, i SEAL ngubani Beka iimbumbulu ezimbini entloko bin Laden, wavuma ukuba wajoyina Navy ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngenxa yokutyumza kwangoko, injana-uthando pique. โEso sizathu sokuba i-al-Qaeda itshatyalaliswe,โ utshilo ndiyaqhula, โkuba wophule intliziyo yam.โ Kodwa i-al-Qaeda ayizange ichithwe - kude kuyo ngokutsho kuka-Ali Soufan, owayesakuba yiarhente ekhethekileyo ye-FBI kunye nombhali I-Anatomy of Terror: Ukusukela ekufeni kukaBin Laden ukuya ekuPhakameni kweLizwe lamaSilamsi. Njengoko kutshanje ya phawula, โNangona ngo-9/11 i-al-Qaeda yayinamalungu angamakhulu ambalwa, phantse onke ahlala kwilizwe elinye, namhlanje ayonwabela iindawo ezininzi ezikhuselekileyo kwihlabathi liphela.โ Enyanisweni, uthi, iqela labanqolobi liye lafumana amandla ukususela ekufeni kuka-bin Laden.
Unyaka nonyaka, abaqhubi abakhethekileyo base-US bazifumana ukulwa amaza amatsha abahlaseli kumazwekazi amaninzi, kuquka amaqela abagrogrisi angazange abekho ngo-9/11. Yonke imikhosi yase-US bulawa e-Afghanistan ngo-2017 baye bafa besilwa ne-Islamic State franchise, leyo qalisa imisebenzi apho kwiminyaka nje emibini edlulileyo.
Uhlaselo lwase-Iraq lwase-US, ukuthatha omnye umzekelo, lukhokelele ekunyukeni kwemeteoric ye-al-Qaeda ehambelana nayo, eyathi, yakhokelela emkhosini oyimfihlo weJoint Special Operations Command (JSOC) - i-elite yaseMelika ekhethekileyo ye-ops elite - ukwenza i- umatshini wokuzingela wokwenene yenzelwe ukubulala inkokeli yayo u-Abu Musab al-Zarqawi kunye nokuwisa umbutho. NjengoBin Laden, abaqhubi abakhethekileyo ekugqibeleni bayifumene kwaye bayiphelisa iZarqawi, bebetha umbutho wakhe kwinkqubo, kodwa ayizange icinywe. Ngasemva yayiziinkalo eziye zaqina idabi ezathi kamva zenziwe i-Islamic State kwaye yenza into engazange ikwazi u-al-Qaeda: ukuthatha kwaye ubambe indawo enkulu yomhlaba kwizizwe ezimbini. Ngeli xesha, isebe le-al-Qaeda laseSyria khulile kumkhosi owahlukileyo ongaphezu kwama-20,000.
E-Yemen, emva kwe-a elishumi ye-low-profayile ekhethekileyo yothethathethwano ops, elo lizwe teeters elunxwemeni Ukuwa phambi kwemfazwe yaseSaudi exhaswa yi-US apho. Ukuqhubeka Imishini ekhethekileyo yase-US kweli lizwe, kutshanje ekunyuseni, babonakala bengenzanga nto ukuyiguqula le meko. Ngokufanayo, eSomalia kuphondo lweAfrika, imikhosi ebalaseleyo yaseMelika isabandakanyeke kumbutho imfazwe engapheliyo nxamnye nabavukeli.
Ngo-2011, uMongameli u-Obama waphehlelela i-Operation Observant Compass, ukuthumela imikhosi yoMsebenzi oKhethekileyo ukuze incede abameli baseMbindi Afrika ngeenzame zokubamba okanye ukubulala uJoseph Kony kunye nokutshabalalisa i-Lord's Resistance Army yakhe (LRA), emva koko. Qi kelelwa ukuya kutsho kwi-150 ukuya kuma-300 amajoni axhobileyo. Emva kwenxalenye engcono yeshumi leminyaka kwaye phantse i-800 yezigidi zeedola ezichithiweyo, i-150 ye-commandos yase-US yarhoxiswa kule ntwasahlobo kunye namagosa ase-US. bekhona umsitho wokukhumbula ukuphela kwemishini. UKony, nangona kunjalo, akazange abanjwe okanye abulawe kwaye i-LRA ngoku Qi kelelwa ukuya kwinani malunga ne-150 ukuya 250 abalweli, ubukhulu becala obulinganayo naxa utyando lwaqala.
Lo mtya wamampunge udlulela naseAsia. "Imikhosi eKhethekileyo yase-US ibibonelela ngenkxaso kunye noncedo kumazantsi ePhilippines iminyaka emininzi, ngesicelo sabalawuli abahlukeneyo basePhilippines," u-Emma Nagy, isithethi se-ambassy yase-US eManilla, ikhonjwe ngaphandle ekuqaleni kwale nyanga. Ngokwenene, umzamo okhethekileyo we-ops weminyaka elishumi-kunye nexesha elide apho uye wanconywa njengempumelelo enkulu. Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines, wabhala Umhlalutyi weRAND uLinda Robinson ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo kwijenali yePentagon Prism, โinjongo yayo yayikukuvumela imikhosi yokhuseleko yakwiiPhilippines ukuba ikwazi ukulwa namaqela abanqolobi kumazwe ngamazwe kummandla osemazantsi eMindanao.โ
Ingxelo ye-RAND ka-2016 ebhalwe nguRobinson gqityiwe ukuba โimisebenzi ye-SOF yase-US yanceda urhulumente wakwiiPhilippines ukuba anciphise kakhulu isoyikiso sabanqolobi kumazwe asemazantsi kwiiPhilippines.โ NgoMeyi, nangona kunjalo, amajoni angamaSilamsi atyhutyha isiXeko saseMarawi, iziko elikhulu ledolophu eMindanao. Baye babambelela kwiinxalenye zayo kangangeeveki nangona kunjalo a uzimisele ukubetha ngamajoni akwiiPhilippines ixhaswa yimikhosi yeMisebenzi eYodwa yase-US. Kule nkqubo, iindawo ezinkulu zesixeko ziye zancitshiswa inkunkuma.
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Imikhosi yaseMelika ephezulu, uGeneral Thomas xelelwe amalungu eNkongolo kwinyanga ephelileyo, "bazinikele ngokupheleleyo ekuphumeleleni imilo yangoku neyexesha elizayo." Enyanisweni, nangona kunjalo, ukusuka emfazweni ukuya emfazweni, ukungenelela kungenelelo, ukusuka kwitheko le-Anti-Drug Brigade eFlorencia, eColombia, ukuya ekupheleni kwe-Kony-hunt-hunt e-Obo kwi-Central African Republic, kuncinci ngokuphawulekayo. ubungqina bokuba nkqu neenzame zokunyamezela zemikhosi yeMisebenzi eYodwa zikhokelela kuloyiso lweqhinga okanye kuphuculo lweziphumo zokhuseleko lwesizwe. Kwaye nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kweebhutsi-emhlabeni zokwenyani, imikhosi ye-ops ekhethekileyo yaseMelika kunye nemishini yabo ikhula kuphela.
"Sinombulelo ngenkxaso yeCongress ngenkxaso efunekayo, emva koko, ivelise i-SOCOM echaphazelekayo kuzo zonke izoyikiso ezikhoyo kunye nezingapheliyo ezijongene nesizwe," uTomas uxelele iKomidi yeeNkonzo ezixhobileyo zeSenate ngoMeyi. Uncedo, ngokwenene, lube lula iyafumaneka. Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lonyaka lwe-SOCOM luxhumeke ukusuka kwi-3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2001 ukuya ngaphezulu kwe-10 yeebhiliyoni zeedola namhlanje. Noko ke, ukongamela kuye kwasilela kakhulu. Akukho nelinye ilungu leNdlu okanye iSenethi yeeNkonzo zeeNkonzo ezixhobileyo eziye zabuza ukuba kutheni, emva kweminyaka engaphezu kwe-15 yemfazwe eqhubekayo, ukuphumelela "umlo wangoku" kubonakalise ukuba akukho nzima. Akukho namnye kubo oye wacebisa ukuba "inkxaso" evela kwiCongress kufuneka iqwalaselwe kwakhona ebusweni bokuphazamiseka ukusuka e-Afghanistan ukuya e-Iraq, eColombia ukuya kuMbindi Afrika, eYemen ukuya kumazantsi ePhilippines.
Ngeentsuku eziyehlayo zolawulo lukaGeorge W. Bush, imikhosi yoMsebenzi oKhethekileyo kwakunikelwa ingxelo yokuba esetyenziswe kumazwe amalunga nama-60 ehlabathini lonke. Ngo-2011, phantsi koMongameli uBarack Obama, elo nani lalinayo ukudumba ukuya ku-120. Ngethuba lesiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka wolawulo lwe-Trump, i-commandos yase-US sele ithunyelwe kumazwe angama-137, kunye nemikhosi ye-elite ngoku ifakwe kwiingxabano ezivela e-Afrika ukuya e-Asia. "Uninzi lweeyunithi zeSOF ziqeshwe ngokuzinzileyo," uThomas xelelwe amalungu eKomiti yeeNkonzo zoXhobo zeNdlu kwinyanga ephelileyo. Enyanisweni, amalungu akhoyo kunye nangaphambili omyalelo sele, ixesha elithile ukukhalisa i-alam malunga nenqanaba loxinzelelo kumandla.
La manqanaba okusasazwa kunye nokungabikho kweziphumo ezinobuchule ezivela kubo, nangona kunjalo, kukhokelele iWashington ukuba iphakamise imibuzo esisiseko malunga neendlela i-US isebenzisa imikhosi yayo ephezulu, kuncinci malunga neSOCOM's. isizathu sokuba. "Singumyalelo emfazweni kwaye siya kuhlala sinjalo kwikamva elibonakalayo," uThomas weSOCOM ucacisele iKomiti yeeNkonzo zeSenethi. Akukho nelinye ilungu elibuze ukuba kutheni okanye lithini.
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