The SAS Are Men Of Action, Not Diplomacy -- Con Coughlin, The TelegraphWilliam Hague's decision to send such soldiers on a peaceful mission was at best misguided, writes Con Coughlin.
In the proud 60-year history of Britain’s elite Special Air Service, surrender is a term unknown to the regimental lexicon. From its earliest days in 1941, wreaking havoc with Rommel’s supply lines in Libya under David Stirling, its inspiring founder, to its more recent forays into Iraq and Afghanistan, where it has successfully eviscerated al‑Qaeda and Taliban terror cells, the SAS has never flinched from placing its soldiers in harm’s way.
This week, the regiment is in the unfamiliar position of licking its wounds over arguably its most humiliating episode: the Government’s utterly incompetent handling of the botched mission to Libya.
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My Comment: For more details on this failed SAS mission, go here.