<The intensity and ferocity of the Taliban response "scared the crap out of everyone," a senior military officer tells Hersh.

The unexpected zip-smack of bullets hitting the wall beside you and the concussion of nearby grenade detonations in the middle of the night would scare the crap out of a lot of people, but it’s what happens in combat. This was nowhere near a disaster. Reading through the critical type, I see that, though many were wounded, no soldier was left behind. I also see that the confiscated material, regardless of its eventual worth, was not abandoned in the firefight.

The mission at Omar’s qualifies as a success,
Dan