Junto Boys

If it is true that Congress wants to restrict the use of Special Ops, then our leaders are throwing us to the wolves.

Congress is set to impose new restrictions on the use of Special Operations Forces that for the first time will require a presidential order before deploying commandos in routine but hidden activities.

The new rules, if contained in the final version of the bill, would add a burden to the military's deployment of Special Operations Forces by requiring the Pentagon to first obtain a presidential "finding," or directive, similar to those required for covert-action intelligence operations.

Findings are declarations that the president "finds" a secret activity is in national interest.

After signing that humongous and scary Patriot Act that allows the government to pry into our lives, Congress is suddenly worried about what our forces do to defeat the enemy. It’s the typical Washington upside down thinking. We should be passing laws that allow Special Forces all sorts of leeway in doing their job overseas while restricting what the government can do to American citizens.