If America was at war, then all the soldiers it took should be POWs and would be covered by the Geneva Convention. America has long argued that they are NOT soldiers and hence such rules don't apply... Until, of course, they need them to do so for a different reason. All detainees transferred to POW camps, with Red Cross visits and no forced interrogation? No, thought not.

Merely that Yemeni commandos failed changes nothing. If a SAS / SBS / Delta Force / IDF had failed to do so, that would have credance. Merely that some local incompetants failed isn't evidence that capture is impossible. I should have said a significant attempt to capture him.