[JewishRighter]

I've just got to thank all the excellent posters on this thread. Conservatives think. Collectively, you have educated me and changed my initial view of the whole thing. At least one poster still makes a convincing argument that tactical approach of the soldiers involved was wrong and got them in trouble. Meanwhile, I came to understand that ing a town to rubble is not necessarily a good idea.

Again, thanks to all.

[The Toll]

Just a thought but isn't a large portion of our current MOUT doctrine lifted from IDF experience? It seems that I remember a top down approach being SOP in this type of terrain. I do realize though that sometimes you just got to move, but the approach described in the article does seem a bit odd.

[jan in Colorado]

Collectively, you have educated me and changed my initial view of the whole thing.

Isn't Free Republic awesome? I have learned more in two years here, than I learned in four years of college. In fact, I've had to unlearn most of what I learned in college!
If there is something you want to know, there is a FReeper who will teach it to you!

Thank you, JewishRighter, for posting this thread and for your excellent questions.

[La Enchiladita]

Glad to have YOU here!!

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