In the war, you lose areas, but you recapture another area. So, it is difficult to tell whether you are losing or gaining or it was a standstill. No-one has this answer.

"Winning" is a subjective word, but we are making advancement. This is the correct word, because winning for some people is when you finish completely.

I've never heard of soft war.There's no soft war. War is war. Any war is ruthless. When you fight terrorists, you fight them like any other war.

Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside the government and army.

Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.

The United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States.

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.