Reply #7: you're on to it

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That U.S. 'goal' of pursuing and neutralizing bin-Laden (the specter) and associates will never be in the 'stability' interests of Afghanistan. What our troops are fighting there is mainly resistance to the occupation itself, rather than some offshoot of al-Qaeda' carrying out some order from the 9-11 fugitive terror suspects. That posture just invites a cycle of attacks and reprisals which I'm certain the general would rather not perpetuate for the sake of just fighting. Despite that it may appear the general is enamored of war, he's bound to to be weary of the killing on all sides. Besides, it's a integral part of the terror propagandists' scheme to draw American troops (and others) into endless conflict there by provoking reprisals with the attacks and bombings. At some point, we have to stop and examine our own role in perpetuating the nonsense.