We were there to fight a common enemy… otherwise the country was at risk at becoming a major terrorist training camp.
For me, we’ve seen a lot of Navy SEAL movies, which are very smash-and-grab approaches, which is what they do best, better than anyone.
We weren’t there to conquer the place or take over.
With Special Forces guys, they embed themselves in a community over a course of months or years, and it’s a diplomatic duty and relationship building within these communities to achieve their outcome.