Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers

GF,

That's the problem. My post was to elicit a response. Any military commitment has to meet two criterias. It has to be visible AND it has to be viable. The Australian commitment is one or the other (Australian SAS or the Dutch PRT) but not both.

Not only do you need to take out the Taliban but you must be seen taking out the Taliban. That is the only way those PRTs will work.