British MPs Warn That Cutting the Royal Marines 'Will Destroy The SAS'

Daily Mail: Cutting the Royal Marines 'will destroy the SAS', warn MPs amid 'plans to axe up to 2,000 Marines and two amphibious assault ships'

* Commons Defence Committee says it would be ‘militarily illiterate’ to go ahead
* Committee claims UK would be unable to carry out specialized operations
* MPs: Talk of cuts will hit Marines’ morale and suggest they're being ‘sacrificed’

Britain’s renowned Special Forces are under threat from controversial cuts to the Royal Marines, MPs warn today.

They fear that reducing the elite infantry corps will weaken the SAS and other Special Forces that recruit heavily from the Marines.

In a scathing verdict, the powerful Commons Defence Committee says it would be ‘militarily illiterate’ to axe up to 2,000 Marines and two amphibious assault ships.

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WNU Editor:  One cannot help but feel that sometime in the future there are going to be people looking back and shaking their heads wondering why these decisions were made.