A counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy is man-power intensive.  Obama's June 22 decision to draw down US surge forces from Afghanistan makes a US lead COIN strategy untenable.
| Once we've publicly withdrawn, it'll be Afghan Special Forces doing all the night raids. (Any of our special guys going along will just be visiting with old friends, right?) |
Obama's new high risk strategy is for US and NATO to transfer control to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), who will transition from being the backup force to the leading force executing a COIN strategy with the support of the US. |