U.S. Marines conduct a vehicle sweep to ensure there are no hidden improvised explosive devices during a security patrol through the Nawa district in the Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 28, 2009. U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg From Washington Times:
Aim is to fight Taliban with reconstruction projects.
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan
U.S. forces are testing a modified strategy dubbed "ink spots" in which coalition forces pick certain districts to flood with reconstruction projects and permanently defend from Taliban insurgents.
In Logar province, 50 miles south of Kabul, a newly arrived contingent of U.S. and Czech troops is putting the ink-spot idea into practice.
"I don't have enough troops to cover every square inch," said Lt. Col. Thomas Gukeisen, commander of roughly 1,000 soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, deployed to Logar early this year alongside a Czech army reconstruction team.
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My Comment: I have never been a fan of believing that reconstruction projects .... while fighting a war at the same time .... will help in eventually defeating the Taliban.
But the military and their political masters believe that this can be done ..... hmmmm ..... we shall see.
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