Funnily, that's exactly what I expected to happen after 9-11: A few raids (I thought of rangers, though), a few snatch ops, but staying out of the civil war.

Simply taking on the responsible individuals directly and making any overt infrastructure ("terror camps") unfeasible.

I was quite surprised about the invasion (although afaik the invasion was an effort with marginal own personnel permanently on the ground until the Marines took Kandahar airport).

And then imagine my surprise when it became clear that the Westerns were there to stay...*insert board-incompatible language here*.