Rule number 2. Get real. Special forces are still flesh and blood, more or less members of the human race. They are the best in the world at what they do, but they don't take down 18,000 foot mountains with one hand tied behind their backs.
If Bin Laden holes up in a cave, we can detonate enough rock and dirt to bury him forever.
Rule number 3. An 18,000 ft mountain is big - real big. A nuclear weapon will only make a dent in the side of it. All the high explosives in the world will just make a bit more rubble to bounce down the sides.
Bin Laden ain't safe. But he ain't exactly caught yet either.
Look, I was a specoops officer, I just am tired of the gung ho "Hoo-Ah" from folks who have NO CLUE of how comlex and difficult this might be if Osama does a good and unpredictable job of hiding with a tiny band (under 20 total) in the wilds of the Hindu Kush in one of his many prepared secret hideouts.
Well, of course. We all want that. What (if I may be so bold to interpret for him) Travis McGee is saying is that it will not be easy. The FDNY heroes are only the first of many, many heroes that we will see die. Do not underestimate the enemy. We may not want to occupy, and we may be lucky enough to not have to, but it is a possibility.
Let's wipe out our problem. We cannot just wound the tiger like we did in Iraq. We have to kill it!