U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Regiment wait aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyz Republic, March 27, 2008, to be flown to Kandahar Air Base in the Helman province of Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason T. Guiliano) (Released)From Defense Tech:
One of the Pentagon’s top policymakers warned Thursday that a “surge” of U.S. troops to Afghanistan like the one executed in Iraq 18 months ago doesn’t recognize the complexities of the Taliban and al Qaeda-sponsored violence there and could backfire.
Eric Edelman, the Pentagon’s top civilian policy advisor to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said the situation in Afghanistan is far different than the one faced by U.S. troops in Iraq during the darkest days of sectarian violence in 2006,
“We shouldn’t just focus on the numbers of forces,” Edelman told defense reporters at a Nov. 13 breakfast meeting in Washington. “The success of the surge in Iraq, in my view, was less a function of the increased numbers … it was what they were doing that mattered.”
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My Comment: There is going to be a considerable amount of attention and discussion on what will be the next phase in teh Afghan war. An attempt to imitate the success in the Iraq war will be discussed .... but will it work .... my suggestion is read the article.