Combat? Get informed please.
The enemies of freedom learned that all they have to do is take off their uniforms, and blend into society. That way, they get to pick and choose the time and location of every battle. The government can not pick the time and place i.e. the terrorists apartment at 6 in the morning, without the pinko westerners bitching and moaning. The government is supposed to sit around and wait for the terrorists to finish their breakfast and set up an ambush before the government is allowed to shoot them.