The first step: somebody needs to get their happy ass in there, and find out what it would take to get the Taliban to break their alliance with al Qaida. al Qaida gives them money, we can do that, what else do they want...find out.

This is a job for President Karzai. A truce is better than guerrilla warfare. Find out what it would take; go from there. A truce would be a nice start...:thumbsup:
Dutch Pimp Reviewed by Dutch Pimp on . The Real Cost of Losing Afghanistan By MIKE WHITNEY It was supposed to be "the good war"; a war against terror; a war of liberation. It was intended to fix the eyes of the world on America's state of the art weaponry, its crack troops and its overwhelming firepower. It was supposed to demonstrate -- once and for all -- that the world's only superpower could no longer be beaten or resisted; that Washington could deploy its troops anywhere in the world and crush its adversaries at will. Then everything went sideways. The Rating: 5