Afghanistan

The Washington Times says, "Secret U.S. assessments show Afghanistan not ready to govern on own". And that's all it says. I wonder if I'm supposed to get excited over the fact that it is a secret assessment or the statement that Afghanistan is not ready to govern on its own.
I'm tired of this whole mess. We have been in Afghanistan militarily and probably privately for years at the cost of billions of dollars and the lives of many of our brave soldiers. For what purpose? There are only two possibilities. We are trying to contain Al Qaeda, nationbuilding, or both. Both are ridiculous. The Russians already showed us that with their experience in Afghanistan. What will it take to learn a lesson?
But, let's not just complain. With respect to nationbuilding, do we want to make everybody like us? Christianity has a "grand commission", which is to spread the gospel to all the world and convert everybody to Christianity. This is not the function of our federal government. We can't do this based on religion. The Constitution forbids it in the First Amendment. However, Christianity can do its thing based on its own assets and desires.
With respect Al Qaeda, we have technology. We don't need boots on the ground to handle most of the Al Qaeda problems. We have drones with explosives. We have surveillance from satellites. A technologically capable US military can well handle Al Qaeda training camps and administrative complexes, wherever they exist, be it Afghanistan or Somalia.
We need to cut down on the Sen. McCain war rhetoric and get on with improving our economy and reducing our debt. As we go along, we should handle Al Qaeda threats to the US with complete objectivity. That is, bomb them wherever they are a threat, including civilian population which supports them in the vicinity. We will not be able to eliminate Al Qaeda, we can only control them, in the same manner that we control murder and drugs.