The Associated Press has today released an article on the ratio of allied troops and security personnel to active Taliban in Afghanistan. It is already somewhere between 12 to 1 or 5 to 1 allied advantage, depending on whom is calculating the figure. The story is here.
I am left with a sinking feeling in my stomach. As you read this article you realize how much of a numbers game this thing is. And all of the NATO and U.S. experts that were interviewed disagree with each other as to what is needed here to reduce the profile of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Why do I not feel good about this?
Why is nobody playing this straight? What is the real story with the number of troops needed here? Do you think it is possible for us to get that number?
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