Village Stability Operations, Tribal Militias, Special Forces, and General Petraeus

The military leaders in Afghanistan are now touting "Village Stability Operations" conducted by U.S. Army Special Forces as a remedy for the Afghan War. This is the bottom-up approach to compensate for a corrupt and inept Afghan government and Afghan security forces whose influence and control do not reach into rural areas.  Read more on this topic in "Petraeus Looks For A Rabbit Under His Hat", Investors.com, December 28, 2010.