re: #373 albusteve

I don’t see your problem…take over the country, exterminate the Talis and their AQ bretheren, or leave it to them…

The country is as big as Texas with 28 million people in it. 100,000 troops? It’s a stop gap. We are praying for the miracle we got in Iraq, where as the surge was beginning, the decision was made by various Sunni tribes in Iraq that they were tired of being whipsawed by the Shiia on one side and the whack Sunni Fundies on the other that was getting them killed. They formed a partnership with the Allied troops that secured their villages and cities to an extent that our troops, even with the surge, could not have done. This allowed our surged troops to secure Baghdad, which put the lid on the insurgent pot.

Hope it works in Afghanistan. We have to give it a shot.