America’s elite commandos have a problem: They are too damn good for their own good.

Ever since the global war on terror launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, the insistence for their brand of brio, brains, and brawn has grown year by year. Special operations troops now have become the go-to force for missions to counter violent extremism in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Niger, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, and places whose names appear only on the darkest of ledgers.

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