From some anonymous dude:
Military action also requires political will, and with the recent change in power in the US govt there is no way anything is going to happen for at least six months. Freshmen congressmen do not sign off on a war the first
True. But clandestine operations don't require the approval of Congress. In fact, the prez never has to admit they exist. Ever. Read the Pentagon Papers.
The president needs the approval of the ranking members of the Senate Intelligence Oversight committee (I think that is the one), and there is at least one republican among them... Anyway, several thousand Green Berets does not a clandestine operation make. Secret wars are a bitch to pull off, and with a president with the lack of backbone such as Clinton they are not going to happen in the next two years. jim