Best And Brightest Redux

by digby

In the week that Robert McNamara died, it's more than a little bit chilling to see a headline like this one:

Commander to Seek Expansion of Afghan Forces, Officials Say

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the newly arrived top commander in Afghanistan, has concluded that Afghan security forces will have to expand far beyond currently planned levels if President Obama's strategy for winning the war there is to succeed, according to senior military officials.