This chart illustrates the number of forces arrayed against the Taliban, which, at an estimated 10,000 strong, is giving the US and NATO forces some significant pushback. When one person wearing a suicide bomb belt, or a bomb planted under a wrecked car, can take out dozens of soldiers and their equipment in seconds, one can appreciate that conventional forces are no match.
I can understand why Obama has taken a long time with his war council to find a workable solution in Afghanistan. What doesn't work, however, is saying that "victory" is our only option. In this case, there will be no victory. As soon as we leave that country, the cockroaches will re-emerge and take over. If our elected officials truly believe we can turn that barren, poppy-infested, god-forsaken hellhole into a shining example of democracy, then there isn't a politician alive who isn't totally insane.
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