Five Years After 9/11, War On Terror Not Going So Well

On the fifth anniversary of the second most salient disaster for the US since Pearl HarborBush is in NY commemorating the event laying wreaths at Ground Zero. This event was the major impetious for Bush's War on Terror. Five years later, that "war" isn't going so well.
The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq has filed a report on Anbar province calling it a lost cause. One Army officer summarized it as arguing that in Anbar province, "We haven't been defeated militarily but we have been defeated politically -- and that's where wars are won and lost." The weak central government doesn't exist. Into that vacuum, Al Qaeda in Iraq has placed itself firmly.
Meanwhile, Shia and Kurd legislators are preparing to effectively partitian the country leaving a weak central government and a Sunni region without jobs or resources. Sunnis are screaming foul.
In Afghanistan, the NATO commander is calling for more troops while the southern part of the country is effectively controlled by the Taliban. A popular Afghan Governor was assassinated by a suicide bomger.
With the rest of the US interests worldwide in disarray, this country has much to fear in the future.