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Originally Posted by Rochard
Yes, that is a success.
You are looking at this as an American service man died and it's a disaster. However, you have to look at the goals and what was accomplished. We killed fifty-seven terrorists, three of them top level, and only lost one man. This was a huge blow to the Al Qaeda leadership in Yemen, and perhaps most importantly this was a massive physiological blow too - We sent a strong and clear message to physiological around the world that we can strike out at them at any time and kill them.
If you want to know what a disaster looks like when it comes to military strikes, check out Operation Eagle Claw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw |
Didn't see?
"The official said American elite forces did not seize any militants or take any prisoners off-site after Saturday's raid, which the Pentagon said killed 14 members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. U.S. forces carrying out the raid came under fire. ^^^"
They didn't get shit?
No mention was made of documents, etc.
This is hardly the same as 'eagle claw' I remember that well. The military was demoralized from the loss in Vietnam and using very iffy equipment. I am assuming today this was Delta Force, Seals or some specialized commandos. I don't think they are celebrating any big win today.
Yemen's a joke. This was all about provoking Iran. Better to have had a US warship '' blow an Iranian gunboat out of the water" no American would have died.