Canoneer:
Task Force Black
“TFB tactics were bold and dangerous, as they went after terrorists who were on their way to an operation (either on foot with explosive belts, or suicide car bombers.) These attacks were are the most carefully planned and executed terrorist operations, and the objective of TFB was to take down the attackers before they could detonate their explosives.”
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“The TFB operators spent much of their time among Iraqis, so when the Surge Offensive kicked off in early 2007, there was an opportunity to hit many of the suicide bomber support groups hard. By the time the Surge Offensive wound down earlier this year, TFB had taken down (killed or captured) nearly 4,000 Islamic terrorists.”

This nicely captures it. I get confused if a surge is a strategy or a tactic or if preventing an attack at near terminal phase is a strategy or a tactic, but I think they’re all tactics with the strategy of tamping down extreme violence.

Who ya gonna call? Well don’t call your cell partner, the sky net is going to pin point you out of a cloud of relational traffic patterns.