One of the most biased articles I have read so far. The author in my opinion does not adequately support his assertions like:"Al-Qaeda has been driven into a state of permanent flight. Its ability to train jihadists has been severely compromised;", "The “surge”, despite all the doubts and derision at the time, has been a triumph of US military planning and execution. Political progress was slower in coming but is now evident too" and "The third and perhaps most significant advance of all in the War on Terror is the discrediting of the Islamist creed and its appeal." He also seems to think that anyone advocating a change of approach (or even asking a question) is advocating a policy of defeat.

'Cheer up. We're winning this war on terror?' An interesting one-sided report made all the more interesting by today's story in The Progress Report, ‘Losing On The Forgotten Front.’ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mullen told his staff, ‘Afghanistan violence is up this year by every measure we look at.’ As a result of this increase in violence, military leaders are reviewing their Afghanistan strategy, which will probably require an additional 10,000 troops–unavailable due to Iraq.

Gerard Baker is an energetic proponent of continued squandering of hundreds of billions of US taxpayer dollars on the Bush administration's adventure in Iraq, and his assessment of the situation in Afghanistan is best taken with a substantial degree of scepticism.