Who's winning?

Strategy page has a perspective on the terror war after 3 years. Who is Winning After Three Years? Putting this together with the Helprin article below illustrates a major problem with the administration's approach War on Terror - they are not clearly defining the goals, and they are not articulating where we are succeeding and failing.

In America, when you ask who is winning the war on terror, 50% say the US and allies, 25% say the terrorists. I think the reason that 25% don't answer or don't know is because it's not clear what winning means. Progress is not reported very well, and lacks context. Perhaps this is because no one has bothered to outline the goals and metrics.

Or perhaps the populace really doesn't want to hear about it?