Year of military setbacks shows futility of using force

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Viktor Litovkin) – Some of the most significant events of the outgoing year were in the military sphere – the defeat of the US-led coalition forces in Iraq, the Israeli army's setback in Lebanon, and the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan despite the presence of 20,000 NATO troops there.

RIA Novosti // Jan. 03, 2007 - 10:46 GMT