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Old 10-26-2009, 16:30   #1
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"narrowly focused counterinsurgency"

John Kerry weighed in today on the Afghanistan CT or COIN strategy debate. His solution: a civilian surge.

For those that might not be up to date with DOS assets in the country, "State Department officials also said they were close to their target of having 974 aid workers in Afghanistan by year’s end as part of what they called Mr. Obama’s civilian 'surge.' They said 575 civilians were on the ground now."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/wo...2civil.html?hp

John Kerry:

"I am convinced from my conversations with General Stanley McChrystal that he understands the necessity of conducting a smart counterinsurgency in a limited geographic area."

"General McChrystal himself has made clear there is no purely military solution and the number of troops misses the point entirely. His now-famous assessment said there is an 'urgent need for a significant change to our strategy and the way we think and operate.' Ladies and gentlemen, McChrystal’s words hit the nail on the head. And the key now is to make sure that civilian leadership guarantees that.

The bottom line is that deploying additional troops won’t result in sustainable gains if the Afghan security, civilian and governance capacity isn’t there -- and right now, as our generals will tell you, in many places, it isn’t. Several were very frank that they were confident about the security side, but they also said their work will fail without an effective civilian strategy. Progress on this front is expected in the coming months with a significant influx of U.S. civilians and efforts to work with the Afghan government to implement reforms."

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=8785

Sounds like the solution is going to be CT with about 1,000 diplomats and AID workers.

That should reduce demands on the national security budget and enable Obama to focus on his priorities, domestic social policy.

Sounds like LBJ.

yikes!
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