Ivan, it has been noted here many, many times that the main problem in Afghanistan is the one thing that has always dogged military operations since history began: logistics. I think, no, make that I know Bush correctly surmised that simply adding more troops in the theater was subject to the law of diminishing returns: i.e. the additional logistics required to support the additional forces would increase the cost of operations well beyond any benefit from the expected outcome. Plus I believe he wanted to minimize the risk of a humiliating retreat out of Afghanistan should the tenuous line of supply through Pakistan be cut. Obambi having no other talent other than running his mouth failed from the start to grasp something that the supposedly dumb Bush understood from the start. And now our clueless wonder of a CiC is looking at an humiliation (troops in ‘revolt’, generals calling his leadership in question, the public outraged) that will dwarf the debacle in Copenhagen. While I look forward to that with glee I find no real joy in the prospect because now we as a nation are facing a situation where the military has zero faith in their CiC, which is a very, very bad thing.