It seems to me you can’t logically argue on the one hand that “our troopers are the problem” and then in the same breath say, “but sending more of them over here to this theatre will fix things.” In any case, that analysis completely misses the point that it isn’t the numbers anyway that matter so much as what you do with them. It also misses the point, which others have brought up that increased numbers bring with them a whole host a logistical problems.

Afghanistan can be fixed, but if Iraq tried the patience of the anti-war Left they haven’t seen nothin’ yet.