basically its a afghan version of surge, 30000 extra troops and a promise to start withdrawing by 2011...makes sense since the guy who drafted it (patreus) is the same guy who drafted the iraq surge.
that timeline of 2011 gives me a pretty bad feeling though. it sorta allows the Taliban to wait it out against the US...moreover, being a year before the election, obama doesnt really have much choice but to go on with that plan when it is due. so if they dont fix this stuff up in 2 years, its gonna be pretty tough.
not sure if there is an afghanistan thread, if there is please move this to that thread.