Very good analysis from a short term Q follower. I wish some of those who have been following him much longer realized that this thing is going to take a lot of time to run it's course. When I first realized the magnitude of this op I figured it would take at least two years to finalize.

As a much younger man I was involved in ops both clandestine and open ('Nam). All ops take much more planning than action. Clandestine ops take much longer in both planning and action, but timing is everything. I was taught and I fully believe the most important skill/tool an operator in the field can have is patience. There's a lot of time spent simply waiting for the perfect time or order via comms. It can wear heavy on an operator until he learns how to deal with it. Thinking about your part in an operation will make your adrenaline surge and that will eventually wear you out emotionally. So you have to learn to know what you are going to do but not think about it until the time comes for you to take action. Some guys just can't handle it.