PS so, it's more than Econ 101, it is also a strategic argument.
Except Abu Suleyman's argument doesn't seem predicated on resource constraint. We're not going to run out of soldiers or Marines anytime soon.

The argument appears to be that MORE soldiers or Marines are dying / are going to die than would otherwise be the case because the President is taking his time to make a strategic decision. This strikes me as silly, especially given the time it would take for any additional forces to deploy.

Bill Moore argues that the enemy may strike harder to influence the President, but this does not appear to be happening, and one could just as easily argue the other side --- the enemy could ratchet down their campaign in order to appear to pose less of a threat in order to avoid a troop increase.