I have to disagree as we have to go back to the first WTC attack that failed under Clinton, then we look at the bombs in the garage when Clinton was Pres, then the Cole, plus more and then 9/11. Bush finally took on the damn Muslims starting in Afghan. It was the damn stupid conventional Army Gens with their nation building crap and stupid mech infantry BS that has cost so many lives. Regular Army troops know zip about leading and training foreign troops on their soil. Regular army SF has done that well many times.The SF that was on the ground in Iraq initially was mostly guard and reserve. They are not same same. Look back at the SF teams that jumped in to Afghan and led the Northern Alliance. Then led the last Pres. They were not Reserve or NG. Next a marine Gen screwed things up. Conventional military minds cannot defeat UW.
I meant Bush Senior — 1988 to 1992