#242. Gordon

239+: And we could supply the whole thing by air instead of convoys (getting blown up) all the way from the Arabian Sea or down from ***-stan.

With all due respect, the bulk of supplies for a force in combat is POL [Petroleum, Oils, Lubricants]. And I do mean bulk. Looking at our consumption rates in Afghanistan [and we supply the logistics for pretty much the entire multi-national force], the mass and bulk of POL’s, and the amount of airlift capability and its condition [rode hard and put up wet for too many years], I submit that such is not remotely feasible.

Subotai Bahadur