Afghanistan Going the way of Iraq

...towards another Al Qaeda defeat, that is. Dig this bit from the Strategy Page.

Apparently the Taliban missed the part where al Qaeda got run out of Iraq, by Iraqis, because of the large number of civilians killed by terrorist bombs. The same cycle is playing out in Afghanistan. There were 140 bomb attacks in Afghanistan last year, and the Taliban are apparently trying to up that number this year. The Afghan police are arresting a lot of the terrorists. Many of the most skilled terrorists (who can build bombs and deploy them) are foreigners, and easy to spot. The skill level of Afghan suicide bomb teams is still low, with bomb makers still getting killed by their own creations, and most attacks killing nothing but bombers and civilians.

Apparently, AQ has yet to absorb the lessons of Iraq. Bully for them, I say!

H/T: The Puppy Blender.