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There was only a battle in Afghanistan, and we won it. Or, call it a theater conflict. But is the War Against Terror over? Of course not. There is a reason this was called "The Long War" in the Pentagon before the marketers & politicians spoke up. If there was any lying, it was in telling the people that we could win in anything less than 100 years.

While the war continues, we can (1) stay and occupy certain areas, or (2) come home, rest and retrain...without deluding ourselves that we won't have to go back some day. That is a judgement call. We continue to pick and choose our battles. For example, we ceded Libya to the enemy for the time being, and we even gave up on Egypt for a while. Whether those were the right moves...only time will tell.

We cannot win the war by taking territory, or by defeating a standing army, and then declare victory and go home. The only way to defeat this enemy totally is to kill all of them, or convert all of them to a lesser violent religion, or a combination of the two. Until that happens, the war will continue indefinitely.

Granted, I'm not talking to Corky, since he doesn't read replies by anyone here. But, it would be nice to hear what he thinks people need to be held accountable for. The military fought the battle and won. If they are losing the occupation by failing to convert the hearts and minds of the conquored, then that is a political problem that D.C. needs to figure out.