McRaven's power play. SOFRep's view.

SOFRep weighs in on McRaven's push to become a super combatant commander.  In essence he wants to be able to deploy his forces globally from Tampa without having to have them requested by the regional combatant commander, the State Dept or both.

In my opinion its a recipe for disaster. 

But that's my perspective, this is SOFRep's...

Meanwhile, radicals roam the globe with a closed play book, and no rules. To be effective against this kind of threat, you need to build some more agility into SOCOM. I’ll acknowledge that US SOCOM will always have a handicap when it comes to being forced to play by the rules, and having checks and balances in place are good things.
We need to work smarter, not harder, and nobody knows this saying better than my former teammate, McRaven.
“The military’s regional combatant commanders have feared a decrease of their authority”-NY Times
Modern warfare has changed, and it’s a Special Operations Centric DoD these days. Some in DoD may not be happy with that, but either we get with the times or the times will get with us.
I’m skeptical of the New York Times quote above; It amazes me how a respectable publication like The NY times (I like most of what they do) does a great job of representing speculation as fact in their morning write up on McRaven. The quote above cites no source.  So I ask the authors this question:  Which regional commanders are you talking about? Because I’d like to know, and where I come from, when you represent speculation as fact, it’s called bullshitting.
We are dealing with a distributed enemy that has no problem killing innocent people to drive their radical agenda.  There are some big sponsor states in the mix and they are a huge source of funding, and often provide safe haven for Radical Ideologists. Pakistan or Iran anyone? At least Iran only talks out of one side of the mouth.
To deal with an Asymmetric threat requires agility to remain effective. So we think McRaven and SOCOM should get what they’re asking for.  I just hope we can build a few schools along the way.

Wow.

Its a Special Operations Centric DoD?

Some may not be happy with that but either we get with the times or the times will get with us?

Wow.

SOCOM is turning into a beast that needs to get reeled back in.

McRaven's idea should be taken down to the river and held underwater till it stops kicking.