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02-06-2010, 03:24 PM
oliverbox
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That's what I mean. The Joes are tasked with the "ultra" terrorist groups. The ones with better science and tech, the more secret ones, etc.
I hear what you're saying, Troy, and I'm not saying it's doesn't work. In some ways, what you're suggesting makes a lot of sense. The Joe Team would certainly be the organization tasked with dealing primarily with Cobra, but let's ask ourselves: how would the U.S. Government deal with Cobra if it were a real threat at the level it is in the Marvel Comic?
I think every Acronym organization in the Government would be working against Cobra. In fact, the U.S. might have declared war on Cobra... maybe. Maybe it would treat it more like North Korea or Iran - just something to keep an eye on, but every organizaiton is aware of it.
I mean, if Cobra is working inside the U.S., the F.B.I. and Homeland Security guys are going to be all over it - and they're going to tell the military and the C.I.A. to butt out.
If Cobra Island were less than a 100 miles off the Gulf Coast, the Navy and Marines would be involved, and the Coast Guard would be on constant Alert - and that means Dept. of Homeland Security.
If Cobra Terrorists attacked Ft. Hood, or Ft. Polk, the Army is going to send in Delta Force... and if Cobra attacked an Army base over seas, Delta is probably going in. Similarly, if they attacked a Navy Base in Spain or Okinawa, DevGru is probably going to be tasked to deal with it. Mainly, because the Dept. of the Army and the Dept. of the Navy are not going to sit around and wait for the DOD to send in the Joes - they're going to send their own units to deal with these "Terrorists" no matter what kinds of uniforms they're wearing.
The way I see it, it sort of like the same reason the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force all want to have their own Tier 1 CT units... they want to be able to deal with these situations without outside help, and with less "red tape" from a chain of command. The President and SecDef would want the same capability if they were dealing with a group of Terrorists that were so entrenched into America. They would need an elite, Quick Reaction, Tier One Counter Terrorist Unit to deploy as need be, and they would need it to not fall into any particular branch of the military to avoid the legal complications of deploying to U.S. soil.
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