This is normal, they are tough guys when there is no danger. I saw a film from Afghanistan.. typical situation: there is a whole army of US soldiers and like 5 Afghan bad boys hiding inside their clay house.. then we see the "dangerous" action.. American view of fight means staying safe 200 meters away from the house, calling a helicopter that will bomb the place for 5 minutes, then pulling out mine-throwers and bombing it for another 10 minutes, then using machine guns and firing at the house for 15 mins.. then when there is like 1 bad guy still left alive, hiding inside, they send 15 men to come closer ..and use grenades to pull the guy out.
They call this "war"..
