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John McCain on Afghanistan

July 15, 2008 - 5:01 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Cannoneer No. 4
2008-07-15 19:59:12

Is McCain going to ram a Sons of Afghanistan-type irregular security force down Karzai’s throat?

Instead of putting three US BCT’s at the end of a long and easily interdicted line of communications, why don’t we send 10,000 troops worth of Embedded Training Teams and police Mentoring Teams to expedite an a surge of indig boots on Afghan ground?

And all the caveat troops can either go home or run their own logistical operation through Uzbekistan, Russia and Poland.