The Benchmarks
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1. | Destruction of all known Al Qaeda centres | Achieved |
2. | Getting Osama or at least some of his followers | NO |
3. | Getting a new government before the onset of winter | NO |
4. | Getting the Taliban out of Mazar-e-Sharif as a first step and then out of Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad | NO |
5. | Securing significant defections and provoking rebellion against the Taliban | NO |
6. | Making headway in propaganda war in Islamic world through broadcasts and stories of food supplies to Afghanistan | NO |
7. | Winning the Islamic world over through a charity for Afghan children launched by Bush | NO |
8. | Luring Taliban and Al Qaeda men into betraying Osama with the bait of big bounty money | NO |
9. | Building a strong world alliance politically and militarily against Osama and Taliban (many countries, even Nato members like Germany, are reluctant to go along with the bombing) | NO |
10. | Forcing Al Qaeda on the defensive, curtailing movement and communications in Afghanistan | Achieved |