Negative reviewers, do they understand what Green Berets actually do?

Rating: 8/10 (18 May 2018)

This was the 1st battle in Afghanistan after 9/11. Green Berets imbed with local militia to help them fight the enemy. That is what they did in Viet Nam. They are not a Infantry Battalion with massive numbers that fights on its own. At the end of the movie one character points out that the won the battle but the war was not over.
The Green Berets were able to call in air strikes against the Taliban to take out large numbers of the enemy. They were able to supply the "Northern Coalition" with much needed supplies through air drops. They caught the Taliban by surprise.
The movie noted that there were at least three Northern Forces that would just as soon fight each other as fight the Taliban. That was not a factor during this operation but did become one later. The area is very Tribal, and trying to get the various tribes to work together is extremely difficult.
In one battle scene the Afghan general waits until he can confirm his nephew has left the village. The Green Berets are told that people frequently switch sides there, which is another problem they face.
The United States is partly responsible for the Taliban. When Russia invaded Afghanistan they were fighting with WW1 weapons. We, the CIA, supplied them with modern weapons, AK47s and RPGs, and taught them how to use them against Russian helicopters. We even supplied then with shoulder launched surface to air missiles to shoot down Soviet planes and jets.
The Afghan General tells the Captain if he leaves he is a coward but if he stays he will become the enemy. Once again the US is in a country where we do not fully understand the culture, the politics, the people. We expect they will just immediately convert to OUR way of doing things. Our country is 300 years old. Their country is over 2000 years old.
The 12 man Green Beret team was able to get in, work with one of the local militias to strike a quick, damaging blow to the Taliban. It was a knock down blow, not a knock out. The Taliban was able to regroup.
The movie did a great job telling the story of how these SF soldiers were quick to respond after 9/11, work with a group of people who did not trust them and who could have killed them at any time, in some of the most brutal terrain in the world, and carried out a mission in just over 3 weeks that some thought would take 2 years.