Taliban regrouping in southern Afghanistan ("war is not yet won")

[sabra]

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southasia/article_1162980.php/Taliban_regrouping_in_southern_Afghanistan

Taliban regrouping in southern Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The Taliban is regrouping in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday.

'We are winning, but the war is not yet won,' said Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, Combined Forces Command- Afghanistan. 'In northern Kandahar, in northern Helmand, and in Oruzgan ... it`s fair to say the Taliban influence in certain areas is stronger than it was last year.'

Eikenberry, speaking in a Pentagon briefing Wednesday, said the resurgence is not necessarily a result of the Taliban`s inherent strength or appeal. It`s the struggling Afghan government`s inability to counter them.

[Crayson]

1. War will never be "won"

you can't stay there.... they can!

And guess what, the US isn't the first foreign force that has to learn that lesson.
After a few hundred years the Afghanis are quite good at resisting.

[Benhurst]

2. After a few thousand years the Afghanis are quite good at resisting. NT

[Jacobin]

3. Yep.

When we're gone, they're still there.....that pretty much says it all.

[Ezlivin]

4. Wonder if Lt. Gen. Eikenberry gets any sympathy from former Soviets?

Gee, they had such a terrible time in Afghanistan and Americans were crowing that it was the USSR's "Vietnam."

Soon it will be ours.

[saigon68]

6. It will end this way

[TheLastMohican]

5. Gee

The Soviets also thought they were winning, and they were actually controlling 90% of Afganistan all the time for the 10 years they were there.

Controlling Kabul and Bagram airbase (former Soviet air base) and making funny noises about "winning" seems kind of out of place. Where they do win is in producing 1st rate drugs, the production rose like 80 times when they got rid of Taliban.