and, some cost in terms of blood, cleaned out marja. got rid of the taliban. they have done very well. doesn t appear there is a strong afghan government to step in and take over. isn t that what we need? we do. you ve got to go about trying to figure out how the tribal relationships are set up. the taliban is not centrally controlled monolithic organization. it is a tapestry of groups that fought within themselves for if not thousands of years. we have to understand each tribe and each tribe s objectives and deal with them individually. we have to support the governor in doing that. when you talk about marjah, it is nothing more than a ham let. we have to go to kandahar, next objective stated by general mcchrystal and nato. encourage your viewers to go to google earth and compare