Afghanistan and the President

We are told that next week will be the week that President Barak Obama makes his decision regarding a troop increase for Afghanistan.

At this location is an article on the options being considered by the President (and his staff).  The reporter is Elisabeth Bumiller and the paper is The New York Times.

This article in print has several graphics and you can see all of them by clicking on the two graphics presented on line.

The article on line is nicely linked—I wish that reporters' bios were as well linked.

The final paragraph is

Despite the attention to the troop number, Anthony H. Cordesman, a military expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, cautioned that it would be about as helpful to understanding the president’s war strategy as counting the number of parts in a Ferrari to determine how it would handle the road.

Strategy, at the end of the day is complex, "matching objectives, threats and opportunities in a resource constrained environment."

Regards  —  Cliff