Taliban giving up

Rahman Akhund has been battling US and Afghan government troops for three long, hard years. He misses raising his kids among the quiet pomegranate orchards he used to tend at home. With another frigid winter setting in, and a new US offensive being launched this week, this weary Taliban fighter says he's ready to come in from the cold:

"If the government will let us peacefully return to our villages and our children, we will come," he says. "We are tired living on the run in these snowy mountains."

The war in Afghanistan has really gone INCREDIBLY well! Remember when it was described as "Russia's Vietnam?"  Remember how many predicted a quagmire for the US as well?

We're told the radical Islamics in Iraq are fighting a religious war and will never give up. We'll see about that in the months (and years if necessary) to come. Yes, attacks and deaths are up of late. This shows how desperate they are to stop the elections and the development of effective Iraqi military and police forces.  But, we're moving ahead despite all that.

1312Z TUE 14DEC04. Christian Science Monitor.

Also mentioned at Alpha Patriot, who reminds us of W's words, which the ragtags will come to realize he means:

"We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail."