Of course it is "accomplished"! US/NATO military is now needed in other countries that await ... err... the coming of democracy! Afghanistan will now be left in the hands of war-lords with enough ammunition to start sh*t in the neighbouring former Soviet "stans" just under Russia's belly. I think few "covert teams" of "specialists" would be enough to keep the fire going... Syria awaits you! Then, perhaps, Turkey and Africa... Pakistan would be for afters...