US is moving very carefully and very prudently, they will soon get the booty. The rumors of US ending up like British or USSR in Afghanistan a just plain rubbish, they are handling the situation with extreme care avoiding 'false nation building' but setting the priorities right. Powell has helped set up the tone, iti s State department that is calling the shots. Cooler heads are prevailing, and don't listen to propaganda, US exactly knows how to deal with this issue and they have everything inside Afghanistan and outside ready to do that job in a manner that will shock the people who think it is going to be a long drawn process that will take 100 bn $ no it is not going to that neither it is going to send the world back to depression, it will be a swift surgical operation where US forces unlike British and USSR are not going to be sitting ducks. The world has become smaller for Osama; he has no place to hide. Moreover, the US policy of rebuilding and avoid vacuums in the critical areas of the world will yield dividends, the hope is going to be the winner, from the ashes of absolute disgust hope is rising fast, I am surprised at the recuperative-ability of mankind to come out of devastation and plan for reconstruction although the 'stumbling block' of removing the icons of terror remains at the moment the front policy, however that objective unlike what many hawks in US wanted is being addressed with care and due diligence. Consensus building and operations where you get maximum for the bang is the core of the strategic planners decision making process.
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