My consternation, though, is based on the reaction in Washington, D.C. which has Senators grilling DoD officials and wanting to issue subpoenas if they don't have their questions regarding the incident answered in a timely manner. Moreover, some members of Congress are making noises like they were surprised to find that there were U.S. soldiers in Niger. This makes one wonder what they (The Congress) thought the purpose of AFRICOM was to be when they authorized its formation in 2007.
And now, I understand that the FBI is dispatching a team to Niger to conduct its own investigation! So what are we going to do now? Every time there is a fire fight involving US Forces, are we going to send an FBI team to isolate the area with that yellow crime scene tape and conduct an investigation/manhunt to find "The Perps" ?
This is not CSI Miami or NCIS Los Angeles or "Bluebloods", boys and girls. This is combat. And, as someone (I think GEN Mattis) pointed out to some idiot reporter the other day, it is dangerous and that is why we send soldiers with guns and don't send The Peace Corps.
But also, as all professional soldiers know, the enemy gets a vote and, although we try as hard as we can to avoid it, sometimes the bad guys win.