That sounds like Bravo Two Zero to me.^^ I agree 100% with your emphasis on training, but how long could an obvious Anglo roam the warzone with a spotter and a rifle? And cross into Pakistan? Beyond the political implications, even SEAL team 6, some of the best in the world, were detected by a goat herder.
Rather than kill the goat herder, they let him go. He informed the Taliban, a vicious fight began, and only one man survived from SEAL team 6.
I can see the need for black programs. I'd prefer they gather intel more than kill, but the capabilities of both is probably necessary.
Those goat herders get everywhere don't they, I've came across a few of them myself...
And that sounds an awful lot like The Eagle Has Landed movie....Hi,
You know history repeats itself---2nd world war---german paratroopers in uk on an assasination mission---ended up saving the lives of drowning children----thus exposing themselves at the cost of the mission.
No matter how much is spent on things, no matter how well things are planned, how well one is trained etc, theres always a chance of something happening that you didn't want to happen. It's just a part of the real world.