European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tie daggers senior officers in the army air Force and Navy opposed creation of a joint command because they preferred to keep the special operations units Sopar aled irom each other and pull whom logo her for and hoc operations Ropka says. But when you pull Thorn together on an and hoc basis. God knows what you Are going to got to had experiences where Iho generals snid. We get two Green suits you get two Blue Aii Force suits " he said referring to insistence by dil Cronl branches of the armed services to take part in the Iran Rescue Mission and inc invasion of Grenada. Lindsay interviewed separately also died Dosell one As the event which More than anything else woke people up to the act that you can l just perform this kind of surgical Mission and hoc so Iho pendulum started swinging " the units under Lindsay s command will Pul new stress on training Allied forces in counterinsurgency warfare. America s capacity Here deteriorated Afler inc Vietnam War. This is no something you can just turn to ins 1 it in of inc 22rtd in and say key Guys i want you to go Over and organize a couple of guerrilla groups " Lindsay says. That lakes an understanding of the cultural and psychological environment. Ii lakes language skills. Ii lakes a whole lot of  and in must be prepared in Advance once something happens onco you have a real crisis Ihen it 13 really Loo late. We need to be Oul Thoro deferring  Lindsay says one Lingoi ing weakness in . Special operations according to Lindsay Hullo and others is Iho a Billy of the air Force to transport Ehle units quickly to the Remote areas of the world. For years they say. Air Force officials diverted Money earmarked for special operations aircraft and used it i Sload on higher priced lighters and bombers. Soldier suspended from chopper on rope ladder during special per Aulont coma to Tarcisa Al fort Bragg Congress has now required the Pentagon to upgrade the aging Heel of special operations aircraft and to report on the Progress. Although Congress now wants to spend Money on special operations in Oflyn appears reluctant to Sanction the use of . Forces abroad an Altitude that May ultimately limit the effectiveness of the new capabilities. Reagan has consistently had trouble winning congressional backing for one of his pet causes Nicaragua s Contra rebels. By contrast Congress has at times been More willing than the administration Aid anti communist gue Nilas in wars Hal do nol threaten to involve american forces. It was pressure from Congress thai drove up Clandestine Aid to the Mujahed Cen of Afghanistan from about si00 million at the beginning of the administration to More than $500 million this year. Although the wars in Nicaragua and Afghanistan involve the Lype of guerrilla forces that the . Special operations con id might be expected to train both have been run mainly by the Cia. Presidential directive 12333 attempts Lod Cline the murky Boundary Between what rotes the Pentagon and the Cia Are to play in Low intensity conflicts a l