Seal Six Team's Sam obviously came to talk with Mountain Eagle to strengthen the relationship between the two sides and to gain support from the Thai military and police.
At the first contact with Taigore, this guy knew that the famous police figure hadn't experienced combat, so he sought out Mountain Eagle and not like Kate, who was chasing after Taigore's tail trying to seek help.
Unfortunately, all of Taigore's energy was occupied by the missing sugar, and he simply didn't have the time to care about what these Americans were thinking, inevitably Kate was bound to be disappointed.
Seeing Mountain Eagle arming himself and his companions as if facing a great enemy, Sam and his team initially found it somewhat amusing...
Because they had already obtained a previous battle report, and even if the Thai military and police were slightly stronger, terrorists wouldn't have been able to take so many hostages and confront them for two to three days.
