Kenya (catch all)

[JMA]

Bill,

We are not talking about anyone in the military here we are talking about the propaganda value of such an operations failure to the enemy.

Some civies seem to understand that:

Failed Navy SEALs raid on Somali target could bolster Al Shabab

Was this a high risk op? I suggest that the haste in which it was undertaken led to the failure.

Help me understand what you see as being a US propaganda advantage arising from this failure?

I hope no one in the military would call SOF capability into question over one operation that wasn't successful. The nature of high risk ops is that they're high risk and failure is a possibility. Yes a propaganda victory for Al-Qaeda but one for us also.