Why did the Examiner write this article?  It makes no sense and doesn't tell us what the wise and great men and women of the Examiner would do in Afghanistan, except victory is unattainable.  In spots the coach never says we can't win this game.  When I lead men in combat I never said the battle can't be won.  Vietnam and Iraq are both examples of Washington losing winnable wars.  One lost by not keeping up the pressure on North Vietnam and looking for peace at any cost and one lost by an naive president who lacked the political courage to demand a status of forces agreement in terms favorable to the US Government and American troops. No war waged by the American Forces is unwinnable, but it takes courage and top notch political and military leadership.  If the Examiner's opinion people were around in 1776 they would have written the same thing about the American Revolution.  They would have also written this during the early part of WWII.  Afghanistan is winnable.