Change of Course in Afghanistan

After months of dithering, our President will tell us our new national policy in Afghanistan tomorrow night.  I, for one, am hopeful.  Here’s what I will be looking for:

1) A definite objective.  Stabilizing, a stable regime, containment, occupation, kill the most bad guys, whatever.  I realize that I may not agree with Obama’s objective, but I’d like to see one defined.

2) A change in strategy.  Throwing more troops into the mix without a plan to use them is folly.  Remember the The Surge in Iraq was accompanied by a definite shift in strategy and tactics.  Of course, the change in strategy will have to depend on the objective.

From the pre-speech press, it looks promising.  I’m just hoping that Obama lays it out in plain language and doesn’t drown any meaning with lawyerese (sorry, Jed).