Sending more troops to Afghanistan is a bad idea.  The Vietnam War was a bad idea. Invading Iraq in March 2003 was a bad idea. Trying to nation build in Afghanistan is a bad idea.  The guy who quit was right.  The rational for the whole Afghan thing makes no sense.  If it does we need to send troops into Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, etc. - everywhere Al Qaeda sympathizers might be.  That's unrealistic. We'd create more Al Qaeda sympathizers.  We need to be smarter than just throwing troops at this problem.