POST: How the West Was Won, By Cavguy, SWJ Blog, February 28, 2008
Here's the lead paragraph:
Colonel Sean MacFarland and I teamed up to provide a firsthand account of the “Anbar Awakening” in this month’s issue of Military Review. The article details the efforts of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in Ramadi, Iraq from June 2006 to February 2007. Transferring from Tal Afar into the most violent city in Iraq at the time, the Ready First designed a campaign plan that sought to set the conditions for a tribal alliance, and rapidly exploit success through developing local governance and security forces. Supported by the 1st and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force leadership, the plan was successfully executed and achieved results beyond anyone’s expectations. This success in execution was carried forward to greater success by the actions of our follow-on unit, 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division.
Tom says:
What I find most interesting are the dates. What does this tell us about the surge?
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What I find most interesting are the dates. What does this tell us about the surge?
That the surge was mostly about Baghdad and Fallujah not Ramadi?
Posted by Richard1 | March 12, 2008 1:16 PM
It tells us Fallon's leadership was working? Is this transition toward the SysAdm or Leviathon? Which direction is it running: middle-to-bottom or bottom-to-middle?
Posted by CBiggs | March 12, 2008 5:01 PM
That the theater's grand strategy must account for more than just the Sunni/AQI element of the matrix? That strategic success requires both COIN and kinesis? That Nir Rosen is stuck in his own myths?
Posted by mike in VA | March 13, 2008 11:46 PM