Story simply proves how superior Amercan military has become.
In the past, battles were won and lost by whose army had decimated whose. Usually, he who lost the most soldiers lost the battle.
Nowadays, we can bomb the absolute F**K out of 200 villages straight, killing hundreds of militants. Yet, they claim victory when they down a single, unmanned piece of hardware.
Imagine this during WW2.
Winston Churchill says, "Hey Germany - we got the Enigma machine!"
Adolf Hitler says, "Aww crap. Well, guess it's time for us to go home."