April 02, 2007
Petraeus Interview
John Noonan at OpFor has an interview with Commanding U.S. Gneral David Petraeus posted that is certainly worth a read.
In addition, I'd strongly recommend reading this Arthur Herman article article on how to win the war in Iraq, which provides the historical background of the COIN strategy currently being rolled out by General Petraeus in Iraq.
Once you've read it you'll wonder why the strategy contained within wasn't rolled out in 2004.
"Once you've read it you'll wonder why the strategy contained within wasn't rolled out in 2004."
My point exactly!
Anyone with a brain would have launched the surge in '04 and would have eliminated the QUDS bases and the Natanz nuclear facility in '06 at the latest when the evidence was first made public. Of course, they would have targeted the insurgent leaders in Syria in '03.
There's a permanent 30% of democrat whackos that will always want a US surrender but the real collapse in support for Iraq is because Bush and the GOP don't really have the balls to win either.
As Patton said, "America hates a loser". You can smell it on Bush. He's morphed into LBJ; he's letting our guys be killed doing just enough not to lose. Rummy and McNamera; two sides of the same coin.
Bush is worse than useless now.
RCL
Posted by: Richard L. at April 2, 2007 12:18 PM
He was smart enough to pick Petraeus.
It should be noted that Lincoln went through a number of generals before he found the right one too.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 2, 2007 05:30 PM
