摘要：He who sups with the devil had better have a long handled spoon. Given the nature of Special Forces, their lethal capabilities and their suitability for both disavowable and covert operations, the decision to develop cooperative relationships between such forces at the international level presents governments with a kind of 'Hobson's choice'. Governments must either accept any or all of the consequences of such cooperation, or resist the demands for such cooperation totally. The choice turns around one fundamental issue: are the controls on Special Forces and their capabilities by their own government and its military commanders sufficiently strong to ensure that there could be no para-legal or illegal use of such forces, either domestically or internationally
