Yes. It appears we are no longer fighting the last war.
Along with proven tactics, we continue to hear reports of creative, innovative methods.
The bad guys will never love us, but they are beginning to fear us.
Remember the Taliban boasting that Afghanastan could not lose; the media hand-wringing of a Viet Nam quagmire?
We have always been a force to fear.
Perhaps we have finally gotten past our weak sister mentality.
SF is fighing this war using the same exact methods they used to fight the one in VN. The difference is that this time the political leadership is not trying to tell them how to do it or putting insane restrictions on them.