From talking to people who have actually been on such missions recently, I know they aren't exactly "simple" and plenty of missions can require skills that special forces servicemen like SEALs can provide.
I see a lot of people, including retirees and veterans who are fighting the last war in their heads, sniping in the media at the command decisions made by people who are in the thick of the war.
My presumption, as every American's should be, is that the line officers in the field who are fighting this war are given the authority to make tactical decisions for a reason - that reason being that they are there on the ground and they know what they are doing.
I'm tired of armchair quaterbacks like the egomaniacal Marcinko badmouthing people who are fighting our enemies instead of writing bestsellers.