Out of 60 American soldiers, 1 death is not a defeat or a bad showing. Especially considering the odds.( 4,000 versus 660 w/Air power).
Another thing to consider, any news released from Afganistan by American Press has been sterilized for public consumption. You can bet that there have many small, precision, ops that the only the 2 or 3 men involved know about. These are the ones where our guys can "freelance" a little with no red cross or UN observers to placate. And our guys who do these kind of ops are the best in the world.( With all due respect to mossad, sas).
As for the Al queda troops fighting off the attacking force of 600 Afgan and 60 Americans, this is probably the first time the enemy has actually stood en masse and fought. This whole campaign has had Al queda bailing like rookie day traders on a bad day. The fact that they actually fought back probably threw off the timing of the attack. Don't expect a repeat.
God bless the soldiers who have had the great honor of dying for the noble cause of liberty.
God be with the families as they go through the tribulation of loosing a precious loved one. Let them heal with the thought that their loved one did not die in vain.