Woodward reports that the mantra is security, economic development and reconstruction. Killing the enemy is secondary. They may think they need up to 32,000 more troops in addition to the 68,000 already authorized, but … WTF? Jones tells jarhead commanders in Afghanistan: “The piece of the strategy that has to work in the next year is economic development.”
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“The piece of the strategy that has to work in the next year is economic development.”
so basically we pay the tribal leaders to behave.
what are the 68,000 troops doing there now? are they all bankers?
how many soldiers do we need to pass out the money?
Posted by: mark l. | Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 11:27 PM