hmmm, not sure why the link didn't work for you...it worked when I clicked it.
In any case, if you compare the number of casualties incurred by the United States and the number incurred by the native people of Iraq and Afghanistan, then yes, this war is being "won" (if there even is such a thing) quite easily. Our troops have effectively eliminated the majority of the young to middle-age male population in these areas, as has been the case with almost every war in history.
An important fact to remember is that war is profitable...not for you or me...but for contractors, investors, militants, etc.
Lord of War was actually pretty dead on when the film portrayed the reality of the international arms game. Personally, I have become quite close friends with someone who is a direct relation to one of the biggest arms dealers on the planet (not going to name names on here for obvious reasons, but if you really want to know who it is you can message me), and I have personally met this man. You would never know from meeting him that he supplies weapons which fuel revolutions all over the planet, but it is his profession nevertheless. He isn't concerned with your politics, he only wants your money...and this is true across the board in this profession.
So when you think about your political leaders, just remember that they most likely have a huge stock portfolio which is filled with shares from weapons contractors and suppliers/transporters alike....so yeah, it is in their best interest to keep the wars going, no matter what it takes.
If you had some kind of high tech flying saucer with plasma cannons that could disintegrate your opponent, then the war would be over and you wouldn't sell any more guns. Not good business....
Besides, with the way black budgets work, you don't actually need to use the weapons you spent trillions on....in fact most black projects never make it to the battlefield. Also, you might want to consider the angle that I subscribe to....the CIA uses drug money to fund this type of project, so if they all of the sudden show up in the public sphere with this type of technology, the wrong kind of questions about "where did all this money come from?" will start popping up.
Don't believe it?
Well why didn't this story show up on FOX NEWS then?
As
Nino Brown said in
New Jack City, "Ain't no Uzi's made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way."