Nothing But A Number

If there are any doubts that the war in Afghanistan is going badly for the Americans, those doubts have been answered. The U.S. has quietly changed the date for the American pullout to the end of 2014, more than three years after President Barack Obama's original date of July 2011.

With the backdrop of continued Taliban attacks, the changing of the date doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone. However don’t hold your breath that this date is definite. The U.S. forces have been unable to break the Taliban despite close to a decade of war and Taliban attacks has been steadily growing. General David Petraeus, who had took over the war from General Stanley McChrystal, had openly admitted that the Taliban are very resilient and Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, had quickly expressed skepticism that the Americans would be able to pill out by 2014.

With an enemy that does not quit, an ally who doubt your ability; all in all, 2014 looks like nothing but another number.