Rational Decision Making Model In The Afghanistan War

America has significant purpose of stopping one of the most dangerous threat from Taliban as well as al-Qaeda terrorist forces. It is not only threat of America, but also of whole world. The war itself is naturally long lasting and hurting. The war in Afghanistan to reach politic goals cannot go along with just military means lonely. The situation in Afghanistan is more complicated when America could not defeat Taliban thoroughly. However, the decision making of American leaders in relation between military using and political purpose has achieved several certain effectiveness. Applying the rational decision-making model to the situation in Afghanistan surge will analyze that military means are play an important role to achieve political ends.
The calculating of America leaders in Afghan war becomes dilemma when they have not attained the political outcomes. In an ideal world, we can expect that national leaders will behave in a "rational" way. This means that before they make decisions, they will calculate, discuss each one carefully and carefully, and then rank them in order of priority from high to low. Most importantly, leaders will choose the way and means that they think are most effective, with low costs to achieve the goals. In other words, leaders will spend time developing a strategic orientation before implementing policies. And when the strategic direction has been announced, we expect that leaders will ensure the right policy is outlined in the strategic direction.
In the real world, there will always be a significant degree of uncertainty between what politicians want or predict and implementation processes. Events can suddenly come and wreck the most well-prepared plans. Thus, president George W. Bush has pledged to pursue a more modest foreign policy than his predecessor Bill Clinton, but Bush pushed the United States into a bloody crusade in the Middle East after the 11/9 terrorist
In this strategy US could reduce the number of force by using unmanned drones and special forces to hunt the terrorists in Afghanistan and the border region. This plan would reduce the intervention of America to Afghanistan internal political situation, and bring more changes to take negotiation with those members of the group that were willing to talk. However, negotiation with the Taliban is an ambiguous and passive solution while it increases the risk of the Taliban’s domination on the battlefield, which will rise difficult for the United