What's your number? <a href="http://it-data-storage.co.uk/sdhealthieinscheapvycom-dbbe.pdf#konrad">westernhealth.mercury.com.au</a>  It&#8217;s a retreat under fire, of course, very much as it was in Vietnam. The US military naturally hates this as it will inevitably be blamed, unfairly, for another lost war. The true fault lies with those politicians who like to speak endlessly on the importance of showing resolve but can&#8217;t get it through their heads that an occupying force can never match the resolve of a determined native resistance. We did not invade Afghanistan to liberate the Afghans. We did it to destroy the Al Qaeda operation there. To make sure it would not be rebuilt we also replaced the Afghan government with one more to our liking &#8212; but not necessarily to the liking of the Afghans. Our troops fought hard and it is not their fault that the political aims were unrealistic. One need only notice how poorly our politicians manage politics at home to be unsurprised at their failed efforts abroad.