Behind the Scenes in the 'War on Terror'

According to Evan Thomas of Newsweek, this is how we're fighting our wars now:

In the war in Afghanistan last fall, the United States bought off more enemy fighters than it killed. In one case, the CIA offered $50,000 to a Taliban warlord to defect. When the commander asked for time to think about it, a Special Forces A Team laser-guided a JDAM precision bomb to explode next door to his headquarters. The next day the CIA man called the commander back with a new offer. How about $40,000? This time the commander said yes.

FYI: The Newsweek report mentioned above and the story I posted yesterday are derived from Bob Woodward's new book Bush at War, which is being excerpted in the Washington Post this week.