the problem is that I can't work out what it's supposed to achieve. I read somewhere that for counter-insurgency tactics to work they'd need half a million troops in Afghnistan, let alone what they need for Pakistan. Going from 70 - 100 thousand is not a useful gesture, it's simply putting more troops into harms way. They have spent the last 7 years teaching the Taliban effective ways to fight the NATO troops who are stuck at the end of a ridiculously long and fragile supply train. Casualties have been rising considerably and now we are giving them more targets to aim at.
Afghanistan is a political problem, not a military one. Obama may have punted on the military issue, but he hasn't even begun to realistically address the political issue. Viceroys do not cut it. What is the strategy ? What is the military there to achieve ? What is the endpoint ? what are the waypoints that can reliably dictate interim tactics ? Does he know ? Does anyone ? Seriously, has anyone asked these questions and got sensible answers ? keep to the Fen Causeway
I can't work out what it's supposed to achieve.
Oh, that's easy. Business for the techno-military complex (ie. surveillance drones, Predators and assorted UAVs) "Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne
