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Part Two: Jack Idema: The War On Terror's Dumbest Grifter

Behind the Bastards

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The History of the US Special Forces

The history of the modern US Special Forces began on June 19th 1952 at Fort Bragg North Carolina with the establishment of the 10th Special Forces Airborne Group. Jack Adema has managed to establish himself as a leading expert on special forces and is one of its leading experts in Afghanistan. The importance of Special Forces ramped up hugely during the start of the war on terror when journalists were starving for information about what speck ops guys were doing and seeing. He was the only journalist who ever had a real in-depth embed with US Special Forces Robin Moore.

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