This Is What "Defeated Forever" Looks Like To Republicans

From the AP:

"Eight Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked three Afghan government buildings Wednesday in a coordinated assault that killed 20 people in the heart of Kabul just ahead of a planned visit from the new U.S. envoy to the region."

But I thought George Bush defeated the Taliban?

• George W. Bush, March 2002: “Because of American soldiers and our brave allies and friends, who have fought beside them, the Taliban is out of business.”

• George W. Bush, July 2002: "In Afghanistan we defeated the Taliban regime, but that was just the first step."

• George W. Bush, August 2003: “Now thanks to the United States and our fine allies, Afghanistan is no longer a haven for terror, the Taliban is history, and the Afghan people are free.”
  

• George W. Bush, November 2003: “Working with a fine coalition, our military went to Afghanistan, destroyed the training camps of Al Qaida, and put the Taliban out of business forever.”
  

• George W. Bush, September 2004: "And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence. And the people of Afghanistan are now free."

These are just a few of the times George Bush and the Republicans declared the Taliban defeated and Mission Accomplished. So why in the world 8 years later are we still there fighting and dying? And how in the world can the Taliban still carry out successful attacks when George Bush took care of all that for us?

Defeated forever looks an awful lot like the GOP's Permanent Majority.