Archeological bollocks

Big news in Peru. Archeologists uncovered a 5500-year-old plaza. Evidence of just how advanced man was way back then.
How did they know it was a plaza? Well these guys are trained to spot things like this. Years of training enables them to identify what the laymen might dismiss as a mound of dirt. Plus they found a 5500 year old Starbucks in it .

How special are your special forces.

Reason I ask is I was reading about Turkey’s invasion of Northern Iraq. The article mentioned that Turkish Special Forces parachuted in.
Now I know a journalist who has been into Iraq and knows about these things and he told me that the Turkish Special Forces are actually pretty…special. Nato trained apparently. But what about the stories you read about the Special Forces in other countries. Like Yemen or Slovakia? Just how special are they? Should the tag special be bandied about willy-nilly?
You know how the French in Champagne get their big French noses out of joint about other people using the name champagne? Well maybe it should be the same with the Special Forces. Maybe there should be a governing body that certifies that your forces are special enough to be called special. Maybe there should be a badge (black of course) that identifies them. It could b simple - I’M SPECIAL
America has loads of Special Forces. The original ones were the green berets. But my journo mate told me they aint so special anymore. Delta Force and the Navy Seals and Sylvester Stallone. Those are the really special forces these days.
But naturally, in a country obsessed with product offering, America offers alternatives. Like The Rangers. Made famous in that brilliant film Black Hawk Down.
The Rangers are kind of like Special Forces Light. Diet Special Forces if you will.
Don’t get me wrong. Those guys are good. A cut above your enlisted grunt and if you are putting together an operation that calls for special forces, don’t discount the idea of making the Rangers part of your repertoire.
But back to the ‘special’ tag. Just cause you put on black webbing and a balaclava, doesn’t make you special and quite frankly I think it devalues the impact of the real Special Forces. So, if you’re in charge of your nation’s military, just have a look at what you offer in the Special Forces department and ask yourself the hard question. How special are my special guys?