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Originally Posted by Azure

JSOC is considered by some the most effective intelligence organization in the world. And it was only created the last few years.

http://www.wired.com/2012/02/jsoc-ambinder/

The way I see it, JSOC is a really good example of "effective" intelligence.

Sure, they find something to do (and often someone to kill) for pretty much every night, but it's highly questionable what the long term benefits of their tactics have been, if indeed there have been any. Lots of action looks good on paper though.

JSOC is pretty much everything the jihadists could ask for in terms of a propaganda weapon, doing things such as killing teenage boys of suspected terrorists as a "pro-active" measure.