Oh, so they suck do they.
The SAS are the best special forces on Earth.
And they failed miserably, despite having intelligence as to his whereabouts.Even Delta Force put boots on the ground in Somalia to hunt down Aidid.
Osama Bin Laden, who was living in Sudan at the time, cited this operation, in particular US withdrawal, as an example of American weakness and vulnerability to an attack.
The entire mission proved a disaster for American prestige and an embarrassment to the Clinton Administration.
It actually sounds like typical British pragmatism and intelligence to me.So much for British superiority. Sounds more like British waffling and pussification.
Don't send in the SAS to get Jihadi John until they have some idea where he is in a country almost the size as Britain.
Once intelligence indicates where he is the SAS will be in there like a shot to get him. It'll be a doddle for them.