I was part of the team that did the CALL (Center for Army Lessons Learned) debriefing of Gen Odierno and his staff when they returned from Iraq.
They still didn’t get most of the cultural lessons that needed to be passed on, but they did realize that firing everybody from the previous regime was probably a mistake.
“they did realize that firing everybody from the previous regime was probably a mistake.”
What Patton tried to tell Ike.