To: saganite
The success of the surge was not due as much to the additional number of the 30,000 or so added to the force in Iraq. The success of the surge was due to a change in the tactics employed by the forces in Iraq from “Force Protection” to “Counter Insurgency”. The Army brass that wanted 400,000 to 500,000 troops to go to Iraq were the “Force Protection” crowd. Having 400,000 troops in hunkered down in the bases would only have made things worse.
3 posted on
03/09/2008 6:25:33 AM PDT by
SubMareener
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To: SubMareener
4 posted on
03/09/2008 6:27:27 AM PDT by
rlmorel
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To: SubMareener
11 posted on
03/09/2008 7:51:48 AM PDT by
Valin
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