The failure of the spring offensive will probably prove fatal to the aspirations of Mullah Omar to seize power. He has lost three of his four top lieutenants in the past five years since his expulsion, and he has not even come close to winning. Without Mullah Dadullah and field commanders like Mullah Najibullah, Omar has little skill left in the field and fewer Afghans fighting for his cause. The fact that his hopes now hinge on a force made up largely of foreign fighters and part-timers in Helmand shows that his movement has dissipated....The Taliban Stumbles; The Brain Drain At The Top, Ed Morrissey (captainsquarters.com), 5/25/2007
Compiled in Front Page Magazine's War Blog is this gem from Captain's Quarters' Ed Morrissey. As Robert Kaplan wisely noted in Imperial Grunts, his survey of Americans in action in the Global War on Terror, when NATO sticks to local organizing, commando tactics, and stays away from Big Army firebase strategy, the Taliban hasn't got a prayer.
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