I mean, why bother at all then? "The Taliban and Al Qaeda are everywhere"

NYT:

"The Taliban and Al Qaeda are everywhere," a shopkeeper, Haji Saifullah, told the commander of American forces in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, as the general strolled through the bazaar of this town to talk to people. "It is all right in the city, but if you go outside the city, they are everywhere, and the people have to support them. They have no choice."

The fact that American troops are pulling out of southern Afghanistan in the coming months, and handing matters over to NATO peacekeepers, who have repeatedly stated that they are not going to fight terrorists, has given a lift to the insurgents, and increased the fears of Afghans.

Are we capable of finishing the job or are our politicians more afraid of losing elections to democrats or vice versa, or getting bad press, than they are of being patriotic while in govt service? Or is this incompetence? This is disgusting.

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