I can't fault you for being honest....because you have the answer. Nobody knows...which returns to my original diatribe. Why the 'giddiness' by the 'powers that be'? They have won 'NOTHING"...not a thing! But yet they are acting as such...
Since you don't understand war, of any kind, let alone tactics, operations, nor anything else, perhaps you should just read the articles, and not post . " GIDDY " ? I don't see anyone, let aone Donasld Rimsfeld, acting " giddy ". Oh, and if you don't think ( do you
think , or should that be can you think ? ) the USA hasn't deterered, stopped, and or done a whole lot to al Qaeda, the Talibam, and those who pull ther strings and fund them, perhaps you can tell us how may more human /plan bombs have gone off since 9/11 here, and how many Americans, on American soil have been killed by the crazies. Ummmmmmmmmm ... the correct answer is ...
NONE !
We seem to have done some measure of good . Keep your day job, you aren't ready for " PRIME TIME " , a high government job, nor anything in diplomacy, the military, or intelligence.