To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Sounds like LTG Sanchez has been punished for Abu Graib.
3 posted on
05/14/2004 4:08:03 PM PDT by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I don't think so, if that were it he would not be put in charge of the strategic portion. I think this is more in line with what is happening June 30th. Sanchez has been there from the start and probably wants to go home. I think he's done a tremendous job, but you can't be doing everything.
6 posted on
05/14/2004 5:18:22 PM PDT by
McGavin999
(If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
This has been in the works since late fall. Officers started receiving orders to deploy to serve in the new HQ in January and have been doing the nug-work to get it ready for the last few months. Sanchez loves the tactical war-fighting aspects of command, but--in the view of some--has paid insufficient attention to the larger aspects of military ops in Iraq; coordinating ops & responsibilities with U.S., Iraqi, and the coalition forces; and building up the Iraqi military to where it could take over the lion's share of security. By establishing two separate HQ with high-powered commanders with well-defined separation of responsibilities, General Abizaid has provided some focus to each of the two major aspects of military ops in Iraq.
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