Can You Say, Schutzstaffel?

Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done...for the day. Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the U.S. military is undertaking operations in a majority of the world’s countries. This new Pentagon power elite is waging a global war whose size and scope has never been revealed, until now.

After a U.S. Navy SEAL put a bullet in Osama bin Laden’s chest and another in his head, one of the most secretive black-ops units in the American military suddenly found its mission in the public spotlight. It was atypical. While it’s well known that U.S. Special Operations forces are deployed in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, and it’s increasingly apparent that such units operate in murkier conflict zones like Yemen and Somalia, the full extent of their worldwide war has remained deeply in the shadows.

Last year, Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe of the Washington Post reported that U.S. Special Operations forces were deployed in 75 countries, up from 60 at the end of the Bush presidency. By the end of this year, U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Colonel Tim Nye told me, that number will likely reach 120. “We do a lot of traveling -- a lot more than Afghanistan or Iraq,” he said recently. This global presence -- in about 60% of the world’s nations and far larger than previously acknowledged -- provides striking new evidence of a rising clandestine Pentagon power elite waging a secret war in all corners of the world.
~ from A Secret War in 120 Countries by Nick Turse ~

After reading Turse's report, the first thing that sprang to my mind was the Nazi's SS (Schutzstaffel). I'm not saying this report surprises me -- Obama has held the course or expanded upon may Bush policies -- but it still saddens me to no end.

The United States has become an out-of-control monster that wreaks havoc almost everywhere in the world. While we already knew we have hit squads out there, who would have guessed that they operate in 120 countries?

Gosh, I am so flabbergasted and sickened that I don't even know what to write.