Endless retroactive legal proceedings are gutting Britain's most elite fighting force, with SAS soldiers resigning in significant numbers rather than face politically driven witch hunts. Experienced warrant officers — the backbone of special forces — are walking out, and multiple squadrons have been hollowed out at a moment when national security demands readiness. Subjecting combat veterans to years of legal jeopardy for split-second battlefield decisions destroys the government-soldier trust that makes effective military operations possible.