Are you fucking retarded? SAS have the most physically and metally demanding selection process of any unit in the world. After the demanding physical aspect they then go through the "escape and evade" part of selection, where they need to get to a certain location by a certain time while being persued by a hunter group from the SAS (with only a basic compass and basic hand-drawn map). Even if they manage this they are then all subjected to the interrogation resistance side of the selection where they go through hours and days of stress positions, white noise and interrogations from the hunter team. Only after passing this part of selection will they then go on to the training part of being part of the SAS where they have a year to be reurned back to respective regiments or corps. Navy SEALs on the other hand have the tough pressure of having to

500 SAS could and would beat 5000 navy SEALs. Look what the para's did in the falklands, they were severely outnumbered by the Argentinian forces but as they were conscripts through concercted efforts from the British armed forces they ended up giving up to a handful of soldiers. The same would happen with the SEALs they are not as well trained or disciplined as the SAS, or the para's or the commando's or the Royal Irish regiment or the scots guards or the welsh guards... the list goes on.

TBH this is all petty, people eventually end up getting killed no matter how fast you can put on a respirator or iron your shirt. In the end the politicians hold the greatest power.

If this is the case then why is it that the SEAls are trained by the SAS? and why is it that graduates of westpoint go to Sandhurst for catch-up lessons? And if you knew anything you would know that all soldiers within the British army are always being trained, whether it is qualifications that can be used outside of the forces (all soldiers have this opportunity) or whether it is out on the ranges. And if the SEALs are only trained with the lattest technology then what happens if they lose that equipment behind enemy lines? What then? just because you have superior force or equipment doesnt mean you'll win (look at Stalingrad or even Vietnam) The SAS are trained with a huge variety of weapons, equipment and explosives (going as far as training for driving high ranking people away from ambushes etc). What you are doing here is trying to compare a spanner with a swiss army knife; one can only tighten knuts while the other does this aswell as oipen tins and bottles, sharpen sticks etc etc (i think you know which one is which).

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Good point. You nailed me on that one.

But you can't ignore the fact that SEALs are generalists and the SAS are specialists.

In a matter of personal opinion, I come to the conclusion that being more versatile beats being more experienced in a narrow skill set. Quit lying to yourself, and aknowledge the fact that the US tends to be involved in more of the world's major affairs, requiring units such as the SEALs to be depended upon to delay or even stop conflicts dead in their tracks. I consider it an insult for anyone to underrate the SEALs, and that's just because of my haughty American ego, right?

Maybe it's something called pride and respect, you should learn what pride and respect are before you try to rebut my reasoning.

Hmm.....
Good point. You nailed me on that one.

But you can't ignore the fact that SEALs are generalists and the SAS are specialists.

In a matter of personal opinion, I come to the conclusion that being more versatile beats being more experienced in a narrow skill set. Quit lying to yourself, and aknowledge the fact that the US tends to be involved in more of the world's major affairs, requiring units such as the SEALs to be depended upon to delay or even stop conflicts dead in their tracks. I consider it an insult for anyone to underrate the SEALs, and that's just because of my haughty American ego, right?

Maybe it's something called pride and respect, you should learn what pride and respect are before you try to rebut my reasoning.