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I suspect that the US special forces in this instance were told not to upset the delicate relationship with the warlord. If they looked the other way during this episode, they might actually have been following orders.
But of course, it's all hypothetical. We don't know exactly what happened, nor what the US forces were doing, nor what their orders were. However, it might just be possible that this isn't one of those black-and-white issues where we can place the blame with one group of people (US troops), and then extend that blame to the guy in charge (Bush).
Just remember that Afghanistan is quite different from the Western world. The Taliban were NOT nice people; there are many reports of them abusing and murdering their POWs (and basically anyone else). I can understand revenge in that case (even if I might disagree with it).
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