I am curious that nobody is talking about it. From what I can tell, the Pakistani is targetting what is basically Taliban Central. Well, their half of it anyways. Now, I sincerly doubt that the Afganistain Taliban would obey the agreement, so I am betting that they are sending hundreds of gunmen over to combat the offensive force of about 30,000 troops and I bet that another ten thousand Pakistani troops or so will reinforce the offensive when they see that winter is coming a little too quickly and the Taliban are dying too slowly.

Now, back to that general's request. He is hoping for somewhere between 10,000 to 90,000 troops. I agree. We should at least get troops levels to somewhere near what we had for Iraq since Afganistain is much harder to crack because of its size and political structure. However, why doesn't he consider those 30,000 Taliban killing troops as the men he need and simply request the other bridgage Obama promised during his campaign and ask the Pakistani army to come down a few extra kilometers?