[Smogger]

I wish I shared your optimism.

...but I don't.

We have a long way to go in this War.

[eseales]

Smogger,

Now that I totally agree with you on. We do have a long way to go in this war. But we are winning and winning decisively at this point.

[Tricorn]

I just don't see any point in giving them more credit than they've earned. The difference between what they said they were going to do and what they've actually done can't have escaped the attention of even the most demented jihadist.