Just a comment about the winter fighting. On Rush's show today, the guy (Hedgecock?) was talking about our thermal imaging technology and pointed out that if it's winter, it will make it that much easier to find them. That was the first time I had heard mention of it in that aspect. Not that I agree with fighting with one hand tied behind our backs, by any means, but if he's right, it makes me feel a little less worried about the approach of winter.
We ARE gathering a wealth of information enabled by focus, people on the ground, and the use of intel assets THEY don't have.
For example, those 20 perps killed with one bomb while having a Tali-meeting? We KNEW where they were GOING to be, so we could task the aircraft, put a human on the ground in the right spot and either place a laser emitter or lase the building. It's going to take time, but we WILL win.