Questions about the reckless U.S. rescue attempt in Yemen

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13. They couldn't wait because they had reliable intel that the hostage would be killed Saturday morning

That is why they went in late Friday night/early Saturday morning (around midnight). It doesn't appear they knew anything about the deal for Pierre, had they known they probably would have had better intel about the whole situation.

Why would it be considered an intelligence failure for the US not to know that Pierre was the other hostage? They didn't know who was there, just as they didn't know exactly who the 8 hostages they freed in November were. A lot of this info comes from people inside the organization, or locals, who are willing to risk their lives to pass the info on to the US. Those people passing on the info may only knows that bodies are there. Maybe they saw them going in the building. Maybe they heard from someone else hostages were there. To think that the US should know who was with the American hostage is ridiculous.

It is truly a shame that you are calling the attempt reckless. A lot of very good men were willing to risk their lives to free these hostages. These attempts are based on calculated risk. The calculations were in the favor of safely getting the hostages out. There were 8 hostages freed during the first operation, would you say to their families that we shouldn't try these rescue attempts?