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1、InsideDeltaForceERICLAMARHANEYDURINGTHE1970s,THEUNITEDSTATESBECAMETHEfavoritewhippingboyforanyterroristgroupworthyofthename.TheyhadcometorealizethatAmericaninterestscouldbestruckwithpracticalimpunitythroughouttheworld,andasthedecadeunfolded,thepaceandseverityofthoseassault
2、squickened.America,theGulliver-likegiant,hadsickenedofwarfareinVietnamandwasbothunableandunwillingtoslapatthemosquitoesofterrorism.Foryears,famedSpecialForcesofficerColonelCharlieBeckwithhadbeenthelonevoicecryinginthewildernessabouttheterroristthreatfacingthenation,andwhat
3、itwouldtaketoeffectivelyconfrontthatthreat.HehadseentheneedwithintheU.S.militaryforacompact,highlyskilled,andversatileunitabletoundertakeandexecutedifficultandunusual"special"missions.ModeledalongthelinesoftheBritishcommandoorganization,theSpecialAirService(SAS),suchanelem
4、entwouldbethesurgicalinstrumentthatcouldbeemployedatamoment'snoticetoexecutethosetasksoutsidetherealmofnormalmilitarycapability.ItwasCharlie'stenacitythatfinallywonthedayandsetthewheelsinmotionthatwouldultimatelybringsuchaunitintoexistence.Butcreatingthatorganizationandbri
5、ngingittolifewithinthehideboundhierarchyoftheArmywasatasknotdissimilartoelectingapope.Asarule,armieshatechange--andnoonehateschangemorethantheoneswhohavebenefitedmostbythestatusquo:thegeneralofficers.Nowandthen,innovativethinkersdohappentowearstarsontheircollars,andColonel
6、Beckwith'sloudandpersistentcallsforanationalcounterterrorismforcehadfoundtheearsoftwosuchmen:GeneralsBobKingstonandEdwin"Shy"Meyer.KingstonwasstationedatFortBragg,NorthCarolina,andhereadilysawthepossibilitiesofthetypeofforceBeckwithwasproposing.Butheknewthatpresentingtheid
7、eathroughArmybureaucracywaslikewalkinginaminefield--itcouldbekilledathousanddifferentways.Tomakeheadwaywouldrequiresomeonewithhorsepowerandamasteryofthemilitarypoliticalsystem,andShyMeyerwasthatman.GeneralMeyerwasservingastheDeputyChiefofStaffoftheArmy,andrumorhaditthathew
8、ouldsoonbecometheChief.BeckwithandKingstonfloatedtheirideaofacounterterrorismforMeyerandi
