[SamAdams76]

Al-Qaeda has nowhere to go. We've apparently bagged a lot of the mofo's and they're going to fight like junkyard dogs, just like the Japanese Marines at Tarawa. We've sealed the escape routes, and they're all gonna die.

I believe you are right. We appear to have trapped a good portion of the remaining enemy. I wouldn't be surprised if some pretty big names from what is left of the Taliban end up being in this group. And when cornered, any animal will fight to the death. We can expect no less here.

Even with today's battle deaths, it must be noted that American casualties have been astonishingly low for this conflict. Remember how critics said back in October that we would be "bogged" down in a Vietnam-style conflict and that the "brutal Afghan winter" would bring our offensive to a grinding halt. Well spring is in the air and it's time to mop this mess up and move on to the next enemy.

[Redleg Duke]

Along with that, when they troops start capturing the same bastards they captured earlier, I think that the number being captured will start to dwindle.