In article , David Nebenzahl wrote:
This is aimed at one particular person here, who posts as
, and who said in an earlier exchange about
Afghanistan, among other things:

We took the Taliban out of power and showed the world that if you
sponsor terrorism, you run the risk of having the US take out your
little empire, blow up your house, and kill your family.

Well, you're wrong about that. Check out this article, from today's
/Wall Street Journal/, no less, which says:

The Taliban have gained the upper hand in Afghanistan, the top
American commander there said, forcing the U.S. to change its
strategy in the eight-year-old conflict by increasing the number of
troops in heavily populated areas like the volatile southern city of
Kandahar, the insurgency's spiritual home.

Well, what do you expect? The previous administration took its eye off the
ball, and started mucking about in Iraq when they should have been tending to
business in Afghanistan. The Taliban have the upper hand there now, because we
*allowed* them to.