BBC News: Reports that US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates has stated that President Obama should get honest but private advice on Afghanistan. In other words the US Commander on the ground in Afghanistan, General McChrystal should shut up, the General has been very active on the press circuit, he has been very clear, the plan as suggested by VP Biden will not work, this plan would scale back US troops and use drones to attack Al Qaeda in Pakistan. The McChrystal report calls for a new strategy over Afghanistan, this strategy would move from killing the Taliban/Terrorists to the protection of the Afghan population, to do this General McChrystal would need another forty thousand troops, Obama is being Hamlet, if he is this slow now what will happen if he had a 24 moment, a dirty bomb in a US city, and terrorist in custody, would he be Hamlet or be Jack Bauer.