“He said the military has no indication that someone tipped off the militants to set up an ambush in the brush.”
Yeah. Maybe someday, the U.S. military will learn they should not engage in multiculturalism and diversity and attempts to prove “we are not racists” in foreign countries.
The military ad naval forces do not make policy nor decide where they will go and fight/support etc.
Blame for foreign policy is squarely on the congress and administration. congress for approving funding for such ops and the Executive for deciding to engage in those activities.