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Re: Overwhelming Firepower is Bad doctrine

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From: Colin Campbell
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:13
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On 22 Nov 2004 07:39:03 -0800, bill.white@us.army.mil (RTO Trainer)
wrote:

>Dharmananda <Nil@neph.net> wrote in message news:<2654961.IJh3aZTWvU@news.verizon.net>...
>> RTO Trainer wrote:
>> 
>> > 
>> > Overwhelming Firepower is not current doctrine.
>> > 
>> > 1969 to 1974 is not current.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> OK, then what do you call the doctrine by which the attack on Fallujah was
>> fought?
>
>Not that the doctrinal name tells you much.
>
>MOUT.  Military Operations on Urban Terrain.

I already told him that.  Not that he listened of course.



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