Let's say Obama votes "present" by giving McChrystal half of what he needs, i.e. 20,000 troops.
McChrystal revises his strategy, dividing those additional troops into two-10,000 combat teams that focus solely on decimating Taliban and al Qaeda. Max out on drones and satellites to pinpoint the location of enemy units fleeing against such overwhelming odds. Provide intel data to Pakistanis, so they can target those elements crossing into Pakistan.
Move the villagers out...fly them to Disneyworld for 2-4 week vacations, which would give our engineers time to rebuild those $hitholes they call villages. Once a kid's spent a couple of weeks at Disneyland, there's no way they'd ever sign up with the Taliban.
After a couple of battles where they're outnumbered by a minimum of 25-1, the word will get out they're marked for extinction.
Ha!!
Pretty good, I think except I’m not so sure about trusting the Pakistanis with any of our intelligence. Let’s just disguise our drones as Russian made, let a few of them fail so that they can be found, and then we let loose a blitzkeig.
Another thing to consider is the price of rebuilding Disneyworld after the diaper heads leave.