We have won- we're in clean-up and contain mode right now- Many many insurgents have been taken out, the taliban has been crippled-
YES they can still strike- like Rumsfeld said- they have a distinct advantage of only having to be right once, but we must be right EVERY single time in order to prevent an attack- the attacker who hides behind hte skirts of women and chilren, and disguises themselves as ordinary citizens ALWAYS has a huge advantage over a conventional army- however, do not mistake isolated attacks as a sign of our defeat or of losing- We've done very well against htem-
The press however zeros in on isolated events and presents it as though the enemy were victorious always, but that simply isn't the case. The press RARELY shows you all the attacks we've made against them and been succesful with- Our military has not lost a single significant battle in either Iraq or Afhganistan. http://sacredscoop.com
"The press however zeros in on isolated events and presents it as though the enemy were victorious always, but that simply isn't the case. The press RARELY shows you all the attacks we've made against them and been succesful with- Our military has not lost a single significant battle in either Iraq or Afhganistan."
This isn't a set piece military battle though. Of course we haven't 'lost a significant battle'. The enemy we are fighting in Afghanistan doesn't need to win, they just need to not lose in overall terms.
"We have won- we're in clean-up and contain mode right now"
I don't think that that is the experience of British forces currently serving in Helmand. And, that's not even considering, as I said before, the large resource of support and reinforcements still available to the Taleban over the border.
It goes both ways. In going after bin Laden or Mullah, we only have to be right once. They have to be right every single time to stay alive. It's not all that asymmetrical at all.