This matters a lot more to the inside the beltway crowd than it does anywhere else. Nevertheless, it is significant in this way; Will has always been seen as a proponent of a strong national defense and muscular foreign policy. By turning against the Afghanistan War, he has altered the debate in Washington.Will writes: U.S. forces are being increased by 21,000 to 68,000, bringing the coalition total to 110,000. About 9,000 are from Britain, where support for the war is waning. Counterinsurgency theory concerning the time and the ratio of forces required to protect the population indicates that, nationwide, Afghanistan would need hundreds of thousands of coalition troops, perhaps for a decade or more. That is inconceivable. So, instead, forces should be substantially reduced to serve a comprehensively revised policy: America should do only what can be done from offshore, using intelligence, drones, cruise missiles,...(Read Full Post)