The last time I checked, Bin Laden, if he is still alive, is completely unable to show his face in public anymore. I don't regard that as "winning." He no longer has access to his assets. His organization can no longer communicate with itself. And while remnant "cells" can still inflict harm, the scale and frequency of these acts have been significantly diminished.

Actually, the reliance upon terrorism is an admission of failure. It is an act of desperation of a dying cause. Unfortunately it only takes handful of desperate characters to hurt significant numbers of people. But such acts do little to advance to goals of the organizations that support them.

Our departure from Saudi Arabia is actually a "win" in our column. The Iraq war has proven we don't require a presence there. Its a sign of confidence in the absolute supremacy of American military force.