Battle for Kandahar over and over.

Battle of Kandahar about to begin
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Afghan-NATO-Forces-Launch-Anti-Taliban-Push-in-Kandahar-103854658.html

I feel like I have read this same story multiple times over the years.

Oh wait....I have.

Nov 2001 Battle for Kandahar
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1363529/US-begins-battle-for-Kandahar.html

June 2008 Battle of Kandahar .
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5193508&page=1

Why do they have to keep fighting the same battles over and over again. It is like watching my dog chase her tail.