But beyond all of that, Woodward reports, for the first time, that there is a secret behind the success of the surge: a sophisticated and lethal special operations program.
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its not the point of the spear but rather the guidance system.

I talked to a embassy guy the other day. He went on about one thing or another. His discourse was totally chaotic. It occured to me that if US embassies had the same kind of guidance systems as US battlefield commanders had they might be a bit more effective.