"Happy Talk" on the Afghanistan War?

The Seminal: But By All Means, Continue the Happy Talk on the Afghanistan War:

"By a variety of measures, U.S. military policies in the Afghanistan war are failing."

"You probably haven’t heard much about this, in part because of the justified media focus on Haiti, but a confluence of very bad indicators point to failure even by the military’s avowed yardsticks. The civilian casualty rate in Afghanistan rose significantly in 2009. War-related violence is at its peak since 2001. The armed resistance to the Kabul government is spreading rapidly and can now 'sustain itself indefinitely' according to the top military intelligence officer in the region..."

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