Professor and former State Department Counselor Eliot A. Cohen, writing about the elite British Special Air Service in his 1978 book “Commandos and Politicians,” noted that: The SAS fought in Malaya, Borneo, Muscat and Oman, largely as a counter-insurgency force but also as jacks of all trade ready for various delicate and dangerous tasks. The British government kept … Continue reading Noonan at US News: The Non-Scandal of Special Operations Forces