I read the thread and all I can say is will4 could be from
another planet. I don't see how one alleged former SOF trooper
borrowing money can be used to generalised the entire SOF group. It
is tatamount to saying that today got this fella surname Tan hanged
for drug trafficking, hey this means everyone surnamed Tan is a
drug trafficker.
Besides, his financial affairs have nothing to do with his
operational capability.
Back to the topic, if you know about SOF training regime, you know
that they have cross trained with UK and US CT troops extensively
and is as good as them. The only thing of SOF disadvantage is the
lack of operational activity for nothing beats actual on the ground
experience. The only way to cope with that is to have more
terrorist events, which of course is something we do not want. This
is why SAS is said to be best in world, not because their training
is better, but due to high level of activity with the IRA. Even the
US crack troops do not have as much hands on experience as the
SAS.
CT training is pretty much the same. Our SOF is as good as any
other with little op experience. Planes are the worse ground to
combat in. In this scenario, it would have made not so great
difference if seasonsed SAS troops were performing the operation
rather than our own SOF. There is nothing a SAS troop can do better
if a tango is disguised as passenger with explosives. Protocols and
training are almost verbatim, what the SAS does, SOF also does. You
cannot conciously say that our SOF is inferior in any aspect.
The message sent out is very clear after the SQ117 event. We have
the capability to handle such threats, period. Prior to that, much
of the public international scene had no such knowledge. I just
thank the person in the higher ups to have initiated such a
program, without which, we might have to call in foreign help,
depicted as weak or even faced with a complete disaster.
