Petraeus Ramping Up Counterinsurgency

Gen. David Petraeus plans to ramp up the U.S. military's troop-intensive strategy in Afghanistan (WSJ) according to senior military officials. They have concluded that setbacks in the war effort were problems of implementation, not strategy. The officials said Petraeus's predecessor, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, emphasized hunting down Taliban leaders at the expense of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy, which focuses on protecting civilians and bolstering popular support for the government. See Petraeus Sharpens Afghan Strategy