To be blunt:

I agree with the President on this. He needs to think long and hard. Afghanistan is a trap, pure and simple. I won’t go into detailed discussion, because most everyone on BC with a combat military background has already pointed out the danger of committing a large chunk of our available “combat power” (I hate that phrase, but to an extent, it is apt) to a “Dien Bien Phu” type of situation.

However, were I the local AO commander, while waiting for the Prez’s decision, I would be pulling back into defendable enclaves that could be protected with available assets. You don’t need LRRP’s when the enemy is moving siege towers into place (Pardon the mixed metaphors). I would also be looking into the local base library for a copy of Xenophon’s Anabasis.