Decisive Phase

As Nato-led troops make strides to secure the city of Kandahar a Taliban stronghold and a key piece in the mission to gain an upper hand on the War On Terror. Political support back in the U.S. continues to erode. With U.S. death tolls at 60 in June and 66 in July many Americans are now calling for troop withdrawal and the war is now in a decisive phase. Our original goal of destroying Al-Qaeda now seems to be a distant memory as we are faced with the prospect of either power in the hands of the Taliban, or a corrupt Hamid Karzai led government. The pentagon has been warning of higher casualties this summer as troop strength approaches 100,000 and we are faced with yet another monumental decision as to whether we continue our military presence and for how long.