WE can`t pull out completely yet because that create a vaccum that the terrorists would gladly fill. They and the fence sitters in Afganistan would call our leaving now as a victory, as they would in Iraq . We can`t do that.
please answer a question: I`ve studied a lot of wars and I can`t remember one with a timetable. If there ever was one, please let me know.
fine.
my only point is - don't say (not you) that this is "just a few snipers and car bombers". if that's all it was, then we could leave, since we can't leave, its more then that.
its not about a timetable - its about seeing a progression, a path to closing it out. take iraq for example, are we going to do anything there different tomorrow, that we didn't do today, to make things better? this "major operation" to secure baghdad has failed, yet we just keep doing the same thing day after day and expecting a different outcome.