With October now the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the war, many experts question the need for more troops. "The U.S. and its allies already have ample numbers and firepower to annihilate the Taliban, if only the Taliban would cooperate by standing still and allowing us to bomb them to smithereens" said Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations and history at Boston University and one-time platoon leader in Vietnam. Full Article at The Daily Advertiser