id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_dxqiftp2sngrhocqkwqkm5etmu Austin Long Small is Beautiful: The Counterterrorism Option in Afghanistan 2010 16 .pdf application/pdf 7423 485 64 If the ends desired in Afghanistan are about al Qaeda, the counterterrorism option is the best fit in terms of (JTF2).9 In addition, the posture would require a battalion equivalent of U.S. Army Rangers, U.S. Navy SEALs, U.S. Marine Special Operations Companies will also enable collection of intelligence to support the task force operations. First, this posture would need additional special operations personnel focused on intelligence collection, along with a substantial al Qaeda's return to Afghanistan, how would the United States get to this During this transition, the United States will have to continue supporting the central government even as it builds up local allies. United States has launched multiple drone strikes, Pakistan had no significant conventional ground force presence until October 2009.48 Others In the period immediately after September 11, 2001, even with essentially no conventional ground presence in Afghanistan, small teams of U.S. intelligence and special operations forces worked with local allies to gain ./cache/work_dxqiftp2sngrhocqkwqkm5etmu.pdf ./txt/work_dxqiftp2sngrhocqkwqkm5etmu.txt