This left Westmoreland with few options, so he adapted a Search and Destroy strategy instead of a Clear and Defend strategy which is, in the long run, the preferred method of pacifying an insurgency.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	2:nsubj	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
3	Westmoreland	Westmoreland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	2:obj	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	6:case	_
5	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	6:amod	_
6	options	option	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	2:obl:with	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	10:punct	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	10:advmod	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	10:nsubj	_
10	adapted	adapt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	2:parataxis	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	15:det	_
12	Search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	compound	15:compound	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	14:cc	_
14	Destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	12:conj:and|15:compound	_
15	strategy	strategy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	10:obj	_
16	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	22	case	22:case	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	16:fixed	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	22:det	_
19	Clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	compound	22:compound	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	21:cc	_
21	Defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	19:conj:and|22:compound	_
22	strategy	strategy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	10:obl:instead_of|33:nsubj	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	22:ref	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	33:cop	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	33:punct	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	29:case	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	29:det	_
28	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	29:amod	_
29	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	33:obl:in	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	33:punct	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	33:det	_
32	preferred	preferred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	33:amod	_
33	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	acl:relcl	22:acl:relcl	_
34	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	35:mark	_
35	pacifying	pacify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	advcl	33:advcl:of	_
36	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	37:det	_
37	insurgency	insurgency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	35:obj	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
