[quote=enron_by_the_sea]Do you disagree with such a characterization? If yes, then educate me![/quote]Check one of the quotes from your own reference:

Asked how tough it would be to attack such a position on a scale of one to ten, Fury tells Pelley, “In my experience it’s a ten.”

That is why I give the Switzerland reference. The Swiss alps are honeycombed. With the echos, you would not know who was shooting at you. If silencers are used, even worse. The kill ratio would not be something like 1 of ours to 10 of theirs. It would be more like 10 of ours to 1 of theirs. It goes to the core of tactics. With some situations, a full-on assault is not very productive.

NOTE: As to why I state ‘starve out’, realize that Bin Laden had approached almost messianic stature amongst many of the uneducated and poor Muslims in that area. What would have been the secondary effect if the US was responsible for his death? With the Northern Alliance along with the Delta Force, it would have been possible to say.. “he did it” pointing to a member of the Northern Alliance. Remember how worked up they get over Koran Burning or some stupid video. Not much happened later because it was a situation of him being out-of-sight for a very extended period. I still feel that Obama’s very publicly taking credit for Bin Laden’s death is ill advised.