If you want to see what mission creep
looks like, in all of its Kevlar-vested, helicopter-flying, door-kicking
glory, there’s no need to look further than the recent WikiLeaks revelations
about the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency as it operates throughout the
globe.
In fact, recent photographs and video
coverage of DEA FAST (Foreign-Deployed Assistance and Support Teams)
in Afghanistan indicate there is little difference between U.S. military
soldiers and the drug agents deployed on the ground, save for the insignia
patch on the sleeves of their fatigues. Both have their limitations
– the DEA can’t directly arrest people on foreign soil, and the
military is always in need of better “human intelligence,” so they
work hand-in-glove, as this
report last year from Pat Robertson’s CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) gushingly conveys
(any real surprise why CBN gets A-list treatment from the military?).