The War In Afghanistan Has Lost Its Authority | Crooks and Liars

The War In Afghanistan Has Lost Its Authority | Crooks and Liars:
"...as several analysts have pointed out, the presence of Western forces in Afghanistan, along with the
karzai government's rampant corruption and inefficiency, are what now drives Taliban militancy in Afghanistan. Western forces have become more a part of the problem than a solution. Saunders concludes:

Al-Qaeda is gone, and not likely to return. To the extent that it is still around, it's because we're attracting it.

If both those statements are true, then no matter how ugly it looks, the war's over."