Chapter 3, Part 1 Summary

During an operation to get Taliban leader Mullah Omar, U.S. Rangers and Delta Force members met with much more resistance than expected. Members complained about the total lack of planning. Abdul Haq, an Afghan leader supposedly working for the C.I.A., was killed by the Taliban. His death was seen as a major setback. There was much pressure to find Osama Bin Laden.

Chapter 3, Part 1 Analysis

Squabbling between high-level Army planners at CENTCOM and the Special Operations forces created a situation where U.S. forces went into battle unprepared.