Thats the problem, that kind of strategy isnt politically correct today. They think war is some kind of political arguement, a few soldiers die, and we win. War is won when the winner dominates all levels of a society. You must bring the civilians to their knees as well as the military. Conquer is the word. Look at Sherman's March thru the south, the burning of atlanta, the seige at vicksburg, and thats just a couple of nasty engagements of the civil war. The gloves had to come off completely, to win the civil war. The only problem with the afghanis, they fight like this, but we dont. They dont have much to begin with, so aside from wholesale slaughtering to break them, its going to be a nasty ordeal, just like what the british and the soviets found.