The Light at the End of the Tunnel?

While searching for a possible blog topic online, I stumbled across an interesting cartoon. This cartoon was very intriguing to me, because it got me wondering, is there a 'light at the end of the tunnel' for the Middle East? Or is it going to be 'the next Vietnam', a war that drags on and claims many innocent American and Middle- Eastern lives? My opinion is that it is an unwinnable war, with no worthwile benefits to the American people. I don't think it is possible to change the culture and mindset of the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, or Pakistan, and the sooner we leave those countries, the better. Also, it is an incredibly daunting task to try and find all of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the Middle East, it is impossible to police the world like this. According to the National Priorities Project, the cost of the war in Iraq is over 678 billion dollars, and the war in Afghanistan, nearly 226 billion dollars, making the total cost of both wars nearly 904 billion dollars, which exceeds nearly all previous estimates. And one day that debt is going to have to be paid off, likely when I am a working adult American, and that is a very scary thought.