ARTICLE: In Afghanistan, U.S. May Shift Strategy, By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post, July 31, 2009

When I was in Kabul on the Fallon trip, I interviewed the commander of U.S. forces (not coalition--just U.S.) and was basically given the same exact pitch in terms of goals. That was in late 2007.

So I don't see any shift here, just more resources and an attempt at better and more sophisticated execution.

But there has been no mystery as to what ails the effort.