So what?
Baitullah Mehsud's death is a public example of our hunting prowess, it will increase our chances of disrupting Taliban operations for a time, and good riddance to someone who has helped to kill our boys, but then again is it possible that the Afghani viewpoint on this is...so what?
If I am 'Albert-Afghani', who is allegedly the COG of this conflict, what does this death mean to me?
1) How does it make my village safer today?
2) Is it going to fix my irrigation canals?
3) Did it help me with this years harvests, or will it with next years?
4) What does this do for today's drinking water or electrical needs?
5) Will it help me make it through the coming winter?
6) How does it give me hope for a better future?
What is the return on this particular investment of effort and how will it turn the population of Afghanistan towards forwarding the coalitions objectives (and how are they aligned with the people of Afghanistan's?) within the next 12 months?
From VOA News: Pakistan Official: Taliban Rivals Involved in Shooting
Pakistan's interior minister says the government has received reports of a shooting between two rivals for leadership of Pakistan's Taliban, and that one of them may have been killed.
Rehman Malik told reporters Saturday that fighting reportedly broke out between Taliban commanders Wali-ur-Rehman and Hakimullah Mehsud, during a meeting to decide a successor to Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
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