AFGHANISTAN: MILITARY CHIEFS WANT BAKE SALE, NOT BOMBERS. “Gen. Richard B. Myers also said there is a debate taking place within the Pentagon about whether the United States needs to change its priorities in Afghanistan and de-emphasize military operations in favor of more support for reconstruction efforts.”

Personally, I wonder how effective U.S. “nation-building” in Afghanistan can really be. But then, I also doubt the long-range effectiveness of catching and killing lots of Al Qaeda members: More will take their places.