Something I've been thinking about lately is how personally doomed the
Special Section was with Burnside as its director. Over the course of 20
episodes, only Mike was still standing when the dust cleared. Neil himself
mentioned how rare it was for a Sandbagger to be killed in the line of duty
until his tenure as Director began.
My question is: was it worth it? Maybe we can't even judge, but to me the
huge waste in human lives is unforgiveable. One expects SIS to be a more
dangerous career than other jobs, but good Lord, look at how all of
Burnside's people paid very high prices for working with him. I love SB but
the more I see it over the years the more uncomfortable I feel about Neil's
management of the section. Or maybe I'm just getting old :-)
Tim