Bob Corker actually said...

But, if we don't arrive at some mutually agreeable understanding of what the end state looks like, such that Pakistan stops trying to underm...

We know that when we leave Afghanistan, we are going to make an accommodation with the Taliban.

We know of fertilizer plants that are not being used to make fertilizer. They are being used to kill our soldiers.

I do not think a greater level of military effort in FATA or in Afghanistan itself will make a large difference in political outcomes.