What was their mission?
Key point: The Special Forces' mission would have been to lead a guerrilla resistance against Soviet forces deep inside enemy territory. It was a mission that may have caused Moscow some pain, but also was certainly doomed to fail.
Had the Cold War turned hot, there would have been no escape for the U.S. garrison in West Berlin. Marooned in a city more than 100 miles inside Communist East Germany, the U.S. Berlin Brigade—and the British and French garrisons as well—would certainly have been overwhelmed by Soviet and East German troops. Their presence helped keep half of Berlin free from Communist rule. But it was no secret that theirs was a suicide mission.