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THE serious intent of your article on the SAS (8 May) was sadly deformed by the habitual leftwing beller unal abuse 1s a criticism.
You rightly identify the SAS's use in the state's counterinsurgency apparatus, yet almost Invandale your argument Dy refusing to acknowledge the inescapable fact that the SAS are a formidable enemy.
Whatever one thinks of their ethics, to dismiss them as os chouc scum and incombe tent... thugs' is a disservice, to them or their supporters, but to yourseives and even tncicias: struggle.
Such rhetoric is, at best, wishful thinking, at worst a deliberate confusion of emotional reaction with committed arguIl calt we ao nol argue witn youl evidence of SAS 'incompetence', but we feel it vital to point out unal one can only be incompetent' on such a level when one has access to enviable skills "and equipment.
If the SAS were to jump through most readers' windows oulos avour mer mena sate would yield little comfort.
Yes, they are killers killers ana waelner uney are sadists and torturers as well is, in this instant irrelevant. were simply there to provoke This is a favourite tactic of such rags as The Sun, and is less see me DAN nol as a ban or crazed louts, but an efficient organisation ot very hard men win en sos The present political climate — especially since the 'siege' •ne in walde meaiv emonve language and actions are being encouraged by the state against avonc wild oudoses lu Rhetoric may well win the Tories an election; it will not win, struggle.
This is written not in hostility but out of a desire to political comment of the left become realistic and honest. To to boost the morale of your readers, is manipulative and CaLECTOUS not oniv to individuals but finally to revolution itself. LYNN NORTCLIFF and DICK BARKER, London SW1 AS A result of the response to this appeal, we have been able to send Marxist literature to groups in Lo coups l Botswana, Zambia, Nigeria, Ghana and other parts of Africa where the refugees from apartheid find themselves temporarily.
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