Halfassedly?? We overthrew them in weeks. This, the place where empires fail. They have a parliament and a president and 3/4 of the country is safe for you or I to walk in. You want perfection, better find a different species.
Afghanistan is a big mess and there still are warlords controlling different parts of the country. There is much to be concerned about.
Exactly right -
The fact is we have fought and continue to fight the most successful unconventional war in the history of man. What we (U.S. and our allies) have accomplished in the last 3 years is historically amazing (regardless that the lying / spinning MSM won't say that).
Since Sept 11th, 2001 our enemies have suffered one strategic defeat after another....we have not suffered one.
There was a request made by a lead CIA operator (who was for the most part running the operations in Afghanastan) involved to have a batallion of Rangers dropped in when we had Bin Laden at Tora Bora and his back to the White Mountains to guard the escape routes. It was repeatedly denied by CENTCOM to his dismay.
We were left to rely on an unreliable Afghan warloard named Nunnadin and a few teams of CIA officers and Spec Op forces. This was during Ramadan and the warlord's fighters would leave each night to break their fast. The Pakistanis were supposed to be watching the border....right. This allowed an escape route for hundreds of Taliban and Al Qaeda including Zawahiri and Bin Laden to escape.
What was accomplished was truly amazing. But some of the bureacracy in CENTCOM led to a dismal failure to exterminate the Taliban.
I'm not sure I would blame this on Bush. However, CENTCOM is to be blamed. To Gen. Franks defense, he took responsibility for this decision.