Ret7army
2009-02-14 06:43:28
Mike R. should read a bit of Mike Yon’s work and better yet have a good long sit down discussion with him after getting the preliminary homework done. My reason for thinking this is that this article gets rather flimsy at the end…my impression is of a dog that barks a couple of times and then whines and rolls over. Were mistakes made? Certainly, Yon will be happy to point our several (I don’t want to agree with him, but he has the virtue of being there, boots on the ground, with briefings and patrols with those that should know). On the other hand, AQI needed to be decisively crushed, that took time, numbers (surge), and the savvy of several people, not the least being Gen Patreaus.
