Iraq: Tactical Evolution, or Tactical Desperation?

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It’s time to be blatant: the U.S. military is getting desperate in Iraq...to retain all soldiers..get more, from less..radically changing its tactics..changing the pre-deployment training standards..enhancing survival skills..convoy movements and urban warfare...return to the strategies and tactics used in the Vietnam War...recognition and evasion of booby traps and how to search towns and urban environments..subtly betray the administration’s worst fears – that Iraq is becoming another Vietnam...

...the U.S. military is incredibly resistant to learning from history...also a paradox, as it also emphasizes PR with the civilian population. Unfortunately, the new tactics paint the U.S. forces as a desperate and unpopular occupation force....essentially “mission impossible.”...

For anyone to anticipate Iraqi acceptance of Americans, in particular, is naïve nigh unto stupid...America rebuilding what America destroyed isn’t particularly witnessed as a gift....key requirement is to be prudent in any air strikes, artillery bombardments, home demolitions and any roundups of insurgents’ family members. Yet, such tactics are paradoxical when troops still find it necessary to blockade neighborhoods, kick down doors and demolish the homes...

both Iraqi citizens and American troops share a common question. “Why are we still here?”

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