The Battle for Kandahar ?

The New York Times: Reports on the use of American Special Forces in the Afghan City of Kandahar, this is the next major battle for NATO Forces in Afghanistan. The problem for the West is that NATO Forces will have to be in Afghanistan for years to show any real difference, the Obama Administration is planning to take forces out in 2011, thus if your Taliban/Al Qaeda all you have to do is wait out Obama, why fight a war you cant win if the other side is just going to leave. It is beyond debate that NATO forces will win direct one on one fights with the Taliban/Al Qaeda but one has to think of Afghanistan on a strategic level, on that level any Western Force in Afghanistan is going to lose in the long term, the political timetable never matches the military timetable, its just a matter of when we leave Afghanistan and the cost in the loss of Armed Forces Personnel.