The meeting with Big Beard Baghdadi went very displeasingly for both parties.
That's often how things are.
If the results are good, then everything is negotiable.
If the results are not, then everything said is meaningful.
Hawkins pointed out that not only did they fail to kill Song Heping, but also caused a massacre, forcing them to expend a great deal of resources to cover it up.
After all, the US Army's situation in Illiguo has been very delicate these past two years.
When they first arrived, many locals welcomed these so-called "liberators," but after several years, with the increasing incidents of US soldiers accidentally or purposely killing locals for fun, the voices demanding their departure have grown fiercer.
If news of the massacre in the two villages breaks out, it's highly likely that the US Army will become the scapegoat again.
The conversation continued until the sky began to brighten, and Hawkins and Jody then drove back to Mosul.
