Goodbye To "Courageous Restraint."

General Petraeus has heard the complaints, and will probably modify the onerous rules of engagement in Afghanistan.

It's a wise decision. It will immediately put the troops on his side, so he'll have their full support. I've felt all along that "courageous restraint" really means we put a higher value on the lives of Afghan civilians than we do our own soldiers and Marines, and if I were fighting in that horrible place I'd resent the hell out of that policy.

But how are we to win the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan? Independent journalist J.D. Johannes spells out how to do it here, which is an ingenious method developed by...General David Petraeus. It worked in Iraq, it can work in Afghanistan. (h/t Instapundit).