You're quite right that your jarhead terrorists aren't winning. But they haven't realized it yet. That's why they are still occupying Afghanistan and Iraq. They can't win, because final victory there is impossible. They can win many individual battles, though, and I expect they'll win a great many...just like they did back in Vietnam.

You can do that when you have the world's largest military machine at your disposal.

One day you may get to work for them yourself, Sawzaw, turn me and Amos and various others here in as "subversives", and get yourself a nice medal to show the grandkids.

Hail to the Chief, old chap.

Al Qaeda is nothing. They barely even exist. Your enemies are the people who are fighting to get foreign troops out of their country, and you will never see the end of them.