While President Obama is committed to a troop surge into Afghanistan, the question becomes how exactly are they going to get there? Supply lines in Pakistan remain troublesome. We’ve had to deal with the Russians every step of the way in the -stans, and have found our supply lines crimped several times in the past year (including bombings of our supply lines through Pakistan). With a massive troop surge, we’re going to have that many more troops pushing into the region relying on the same supply lines. Airlifting can do only so much, so this has to be done knowing that we’ve got the secured supply lines, or else force protection for the supply lines will divert troops from the tip of the spear to providing the means to get them into the field.