Now let me see, on whether or not things are working or not. On one side I have the evidence of my own eyes and ears, plus what is and has been reported by General Petraeus and his Staff, on the other I have Ron Davies and Dianavan.

The counter-insurgency situations that I have had personal experience of have been in Borneo and in Northern Ireland, General Petraeus is reportedly the US armed forces expert on counter-insurgency warfare. As opposed to Ron (I-never-read-anything-from-first-hand-source) Davies and a rabidly anti-US, school teacher living in British Columbia. All your opinions are coloured by your prejudices and driven by an agenda that has often got nothing whatsoever to do with the subject you are discussing.

Hope you will not be too offended if I just agree to disagree with the pair of you.