actually a policy of doing nothing is fine if the more of the same option clearly wont work. However several centuries of history clearly delineates what doesnt work. There is no real plan that does work if it means foreign troops in indian country. Now we cant resettle poor americans on the land and outnumber the locals and put them on reservations, that might work but the logistics are not good.
Anything else is a last flight out of kabul and let the puppet government fight the insurgents for control while clearly hunting and killing al quida insurgent groups as opposed to tribal taliban groups with no external wants.
thanx,
bill