Placing US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq has been extremelly productive.
Afghanistan:
Taliban gone.
Numerous terrorists in Afghan captured/killed.
Connections between Osama and 911 found in Afghanistan.
Entire nation of people freed.
Taliban threaten mutilation for Afghans who shave or listen to music
Not exactly. Since our commit
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1514&e=9&u=/afp/afghanistan_taliban Commitment to Afghanistan was too small; consistent with the neocon view of “war light.” We haven’t done much to control the Taliban outside of the capital. Things are actually worse for the average Afghani citizen according to the aid workers. What must be done is for the US to abandon this attitude that technology will conquer all and send in the man power necessary to win in Afghanistan also.
Here are the important parts of your article.
"It is the Taliban and their al-Qaeda allies who bother people. They can do nothing because people hate them and they don't have the power to fight in a front so they carry out guerrilla attacks on government posts and aid workers," the governor said.
"We are chasing them and they will be finished soon."
The war in Afghanistan was planned incredibly well. We should have lost thousands, just like the Soviets and just like most other conquerors suffered over the milleniums.