Last Year America Sent Special Ops Forces Into Almost 70% of the Countries in the World

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. In the dead of night, they swept in aboard V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Landing in a remote region of one of the most volatile countries on the planet, they raided a village and soon found themselves in a life-or-death firefight. It was the second time in two weeks that elite US Navy SEALs had attempted to rescue American photojournalist Luke Somers. And it was the second time they failed. On December 6, 2014, approximately 36 of America'...