[RonF]

A pro-American regime is far from established in Afghanistan. The regime we support exercises little power outside of Kabul, and the warlords are loyal only to their pocketbooks. There are plenty of them that are perfectly willing to let Taliban train in their mountains. We need to do a lot more to help that country before we can declare victory there.

[plymaniac]

I am sure there is still a lot of work to do in Afghanistan.

In my opinion, the first objective of the Bush Plan was to eliminate Afghanistan as an asset controlled by the terrorists. That's basically been achieved.

The second objective is to establish Afghanistan as a pro-US nation, regardless of leadership or form of government. That's what we are trying to achieve now.

The third objective will be to establish a healthy and independent capitalist democracy. This appears to be the type of society that doesn't engage in, or welcome, terorism.