Maybe it is time to just cut our losses and start to pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan. You have some very good points for your position but just like you said there hasn't been much improvement on finding Osama Bin Laden. The fight in Iraq is still continuing too, without much progress. I'm not saying that giving up and going home right now is the answer but we should be thinking about an end to this war. This article I read earlier made some very good arguments about the US pulling out of Iraq. One argument he makes is American Military forces in Iraq are harming US interests in the Arab world. He advises that pulling out now will save us a lot of grief later. Maybe it's time to look into some alternative options.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2005/07/15/afx2140520.html