Impact of AFG Surge Will Depend on Where/How Surge Happens

While we await the U.S.'s final decision and plan for future troop deployments to Afghaniatan, BruceR over at Flit raises a good point - where any surge goes makes a big difference:

Experience has proved the only way you keep the Afghan police alive and honest long enough for them to make a difference is by living with them 24/7, not by driving out on alternate mornings to see if they’re still breathing. Putting more soldiers into KAF, by contrast, will increase the lineups at the French bistro and the Burger King, but will do absolutely nothing to help Afghans.

More from BruceR here.