Interesting. So you assert that the Taliban are nonexistent as a fighting force. May I inquire what you're basing that on?
Well obviously it cannot have been based on the statements describing them as the toughest opposition that have been encoutered , both on the battlefield and as insurgents .
Neither can it be based on statements saying it is hannging in the balance , has reached a tipping point where losing is a very real possibility .
And it certainly can't be based on a statement that says the coilition are winning the battles but losing the war .

And of course none of those statements would happen to be from commanders on the ground in Afghanistan would they .