Why Arabs Lose Wars: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/740513/posts
You beat me while I was searching for it.
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From your article: “Paul M. Belbutowski, a scholar and former member of the U.S. Delta Force, succinctly stated a deficiency in our own military education system: “Culture, comprised of all that is vague and intangible, is not generally integrated into strategic planning except at the most superficial level.—
In short, this highlights how Gen. Patreaus has been so successful. He understood the Iraqi tribal culture and used it to his advantage. Well, that, and the overwhelming superiority of the weaponry, airpower, and troops underhis command...
Thanks...I’ll look at that a little later...