Why Uncle Sam is Losing in Afghanistan

I’ll keep it short and sweet:
Al-Qaeda aren’t “based out of” any one state.
That’s largely why, after Uncle Sam bashes in a few
heads, more pop up elsewhere.
 It’s a troubling, seemingly eternal game of whack-a-mole.
And, by bombing the landscape and sometimes killing civilians,
 we’re pissing people off and creating more enemies.
 Then, of course, there are the mountains….