Let's hope the people of the USA lose interest in the wars as they did with Vietnam.
It just takes so many years to do this, and in the meantime many people get killed for ultimately no political gain, like Vietnam.
Talks should begin asap as, whether we like it or not, the Muslim faith is strong and without borders and continuing resentment will only cause more western civilian deaths by retaliatory actions.
If the UK forces chief says we cannot defeat al-Queda we should face up to reality.