FAILING IN AFGHANISTAN

"Despite hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of troops, the US is unable to conclude its longest war... hard news from the ground tell a story of US fatigue, backtracking and tactical withdrawals or redeployments which do not bode well for defeating the Taliban or forcing them to the negotiations' table... news from the war front show the Taliban unrelenting, mounting counterattacks and escalating the war especially in areas where the US has "surged" its troops. And while the majority of the 400 Afghan districts are "calmer", they remain mostly out of Kabul's control... The mere fact that the world's mightiest superpower cannot win over the poorly armed Taliban after a long decade of fighting, means it has already failed..."
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/20113718714585594.html#