en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/494028 Comments by LittleAlex http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/07/obama-rules-out-biden-option-on-afghanistan/#IDComment37762056 The New York Times was reporting yesterday that the &quot;Biden Option&quot; isn&#039;t the &quot;significant reduction in troops&quot; the London Times is reporting it is: <a href="http://wp.me/pnWUd-22n" target="_blank">http://wp.me/pnWUd-22n</a> From my understanding, the &quot;Biden Option&quot; is a remobilization of troops to the border, away from policing, to underplay the perception of propping up Kabul with the strategy shift of an &#039;intel surge&#039; and strong-arming the Pak gov&#039;t to put ISAF troops alongside the Pak Army on the ground. I could be wrong, but Obama officials said after that meeting that a &quot;significant reduction in troops&quot; wasn&#039;t even an option on the table, yet the &quot;Biden Option&quot; still is, from what I gathered in that NYT report. Thu, 8 Oct 2009 02:23:16 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/07/obama-rules-out-biden-option-on-afghanistan/#IDComment37762056