Respected milblogger Austin Bay makes gives us some intelligent speculation on what might be in the report given by General Petreaus when he goes before Congress next month.In addition to what one might expect in such a report - levels of violence, numbers of trained troops, etc., there may also be some interesting political metrics that Petreaus will highlight to show progress.Here are a few of the metrics Bay speculates Petreaus might use:(3) Number and locale of police precincts judged competent and minimally corrupt (and don’t mention Chicago to me — I know minimally corrupt applies to places in the US — like every Texas border town)(4) Number of “extremist violence” related incidents (incline, steady, or decline) and location of incidents(5) An assessment of the “demonstrated commitment” of key sheiks and local leaders in terms of cooperating with security forces and development teams – perhaps analyzed on a neighborhood by...(Read Full Post)