Delta Force was set up and touted as the ultimate counter terrorist force

though is it possible they also do covert missions in this country and others to stir the pot ?



http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/age...army/sfod-d.htm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5024068/ <---seems they may not be above the law

I would imagine they are like any skilled counter terrorist force from any nation. They probably do get involved in some dubious missions. I'm a firm believer in maintaining an elite group like them to protect us, but I would also agree that they need to be kept in check.

I hope they are better now than they were during that failed rescue attempt during the Iran hostage crisis in the late 70's....

well wasnt that pretty much helicopter pilot error ?

Yea, you have a point for the most part, but the entire mission was poorly planned, right down to improper maintenance of the helicopters themselves. You're right though the Delta Force was just along for the ride and perhaps had they been delivered they would have kicked some butt.

don wan2 sound like a n00b, but how realistic is their operations compare to pc launched games

i havent played such a game

but i think delta force is mostly urban warfare

snatch and grab, interrogate, seek and destroy kinda stuff

Who writes the history is generally the arbitrator of terrorist or hero. Consider the founding fathers. We call them heros today. In there time they were all guilty of high treason by any country's(including our own) standards. They led an armed revolt against they standing authority. Most of there tactics were also dubious. If the tea pary happened today it'd be called terrorism.

Not necessarily. No officials were killed. If the colonists would have set off a bomb in the tea company's office killing all who worked there as well as innocent bystanders on the streets then that would be terrorism, even if the cause was right.

But, I will agree with you that both the history writer and the victor determine who is a hero and who is a villain. I don't attribute this to any nation or nationality, however, but to human nature in general. This kind of thing has been going on for thousands of years.

The war of Independence was an illegal war according to all modern definitions of warfare. The Spanish American War, even though the reason for it (the Maine) was fabricated, and the Mexican American War, were legal wars. Both of them were arguably wars of conquest by the US.

It goes to show that not everything that is considered illegal in warfare is bad, as is not everything legal good.

Remember what the tea party was. They destroyed a large quantity of private property and poured foreign chemicals into an eco system.

I believe the Delta Force is both, IF it even exsits at all. I would like to believe if they need them they would be there in a heart beat, and if they need to be proactive ... well self explainatory.