Former Commander Of U.S. Special Operations In Yemen: 'Counterterrorism Strategy In Yemen A Fantasy'

The Hill: Navy SEAL: Light counterterrorism strategy in Yemen 'a fantasy'

A Navy SEAL captain and former commander of a special operations team in Yemen said in a recent interview that a U.S. counterterrorism approach there reliant on drone strikes and special operations raids is a "fantasy."

"The solution that some people champion where the main or whole effort is drone strikes and special operations raids — is a fantasy," said Capt. Robert Newson in a Feb. 27 piece in the CTC Sentinel, published by the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center.

WNU Editor: The full transcript of this interview is here. What is my take .... Yemen is a significant U.S. counter-terrorism strategy failure .... and no one in the government is acknowledging it.