I believe you are right. I also believe it is important that we repair the Afghani infrastructure elements that the Coalition broke in ’01.
Regrettably, the entire operation isn’t helped by;
Peter W. Galbraith
Afghanistan's presidential election, held Aug. 20, should have been a milestone in the country's transition from 30 years of war to stability and democracy. Instead, it was just the opposite. As many as 30 percent of Karzai's votes were fraudulent, and lesser fraud was committed on behalf of other candidates. In several provinces, including Kandahar, four to 10 times as many votes were recorded as voters actually cast. The fraud has handed the Taliban its greatest strategic victory in eight years of fighting the United States and its Afghan partners.
The election was a foreseeable train wreck.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100202855.html