US to Remain in Afghanistan Beyond 2014

[AWP]

I think the author is N. S. Sherlock.

I did find this interesting:

Dempsey said he wants Allen to find ways to shift the U.S. military into “a Special Forces structure supported by conventional forces.” Doing so, he said, “might” signal a shift of U.S. forces into a counterterrorism mode and out of a counterinsurgency, if Afghan security forces can take on the latter.
Dempsey and Allen have had “several conversations about it,” and the chairman expects Allen’s results in the first months of next year.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-military-wants-troops-afghanistan-beyond-2014-114622288.html

I think I read something similar on this board once before.....

 

[JJ sloan]

Let's make sure we don't tip him off that we already had this idea... "good thinking Sir, you are an amazing strategist!"