The US efforts to scuttle the terrorist network in Iraq-Afghanistan belt has not been succeeding despite best of efforts in the last ten years. The key reason is the double game being played by the dangerous Pakistani government. The Pakistani government is controlled by the army and it is hell bent on keeping Afghanistan situation fluid.
By doing so it would be able to force US to pump in billions of dollars of aid every year into Pakistan without any efforts from Pakistan. So to achieve this, the Pakistani army is using it’s arm , the Inter Services Intelligence unit, to help out the terrorist outfits to actually fight against the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
So expect US to pull back out of Afghanistan, and wait for another WTO like event to happen and then carpet bomb Pakistan.
Alternatively, the US can straightaway put the lid of Pakistan and carpet bomb their entire border zone with Afghanistan. Either of the options could make life worse for Americans for decades to come. Let us see how Obama handles the problem.
His track record is not good in handling the local housing problem and the gulf of Mexico oil spill problem. So expecting him to handle this complicated issue successfully is too much asking, feel global experts.