What part of "The military official said the SEAL snipers had multiple opportunities to shoot the pirates" do you not understand? Instead, the SEALs ended up having to shoot night vision at a boat pitching in six-foot swells. I am very grateful they were up to the task, but I would have rather they have been given carte blanche to shoot at the first opportunity.
Well, you might have multiple chances, but if you are further away, you’re possible success is reduced, even when you do have that chance.
So, if you manage to get the lifeboat tethered to the ship and at a close distance, you’ve just increased your chances. That’s one item.
And then, if you have four pirates that you have to take out all at once, but you manage to get one onboard with you, you’ve increased your chances by eliminating one from the equation, being that you don’t have to be sure to take out four at one time, but only three at one time.
You’ve increased your chances, once again...
And that’s how you get a successful operation with the highest chance of success, and not simply the *first time* you get a shot off... (with a lower chance for success...).
You see..., you don’t just “jump” at any chance you get, you go for the odds and the *best chance* you get and you “work the situation” in your favor and you do so with “calculation” and with “patience”... :-)