The bttom line is the these Talibam/Al Qaida insurgents got lucky for once, and they still ended up in a lopsided fight that cost them several dozen men. I know Al Qaida will try a portray this as some big victory, but everybody with a modicum of inteligence knows that the Talibam and Al Qaida have been getting decimated by NATO and especially the US military for years now. over 1,000 militants have been killed this year alone, according to the AP, by NATO and US forces. The Taliban may get lucky every once in a while, but they will always be a laugable and inferior force when compared against NATO and particularly America's armed forces.