I was in the Marines in 1983 when the Beirut barracks was suicide-bombed killing 241 US servicemen, including 220 Marines. Even then my first thought (after prayers) was, “How could so many Marines be concentrated in such a big juicy single target in a war zone?”
On this smaller scale, I just think it was unwise to put so many of our best weapons - - the SEALs - - into one tiny box. I figured after the last time this happened, in June of 2005 when 19 SEALs were killed in a Chinook, better insertion strategies would be developed that didn’t put “all the eggs in one basket”. That said, I agree that I have no knowledge of this mission and am being presumptious to second-guess command decisions.
By the way, if you never read about Operation Red Wings, it is an astonishing story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings
This story (2005) will interest you, especially the part about the Afghan goat herders:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Red_Wings