Well-stated, but you have fallen into a all-too common fallacy. Afghanistan is not a constitutional republican society. The issue is not one of referendum, but whether which side is more proficient at the profession of arms. The bad guys seem to have a clear edge there, and Team America can't cover that deficit, See Vietnam 1965-1973. Once more with feeling, if one conducts the same experiment expecting different results, then one is non compos mentis. See Einstein, Albert.