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Article #1510Re: Overwhelming Firepower is Bad doctrine
From: DeadMeat
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:39
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:39
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"Dharmananda" <Nil@neph.net> wrote in message news:3909148.2icJmQNQ5k@news.verizon.net... > remove underscore wrote: > > > In a military context - doctrine is an organized set of standards and > > procedures that allow a large and diverse organization to function > > cooperatively to achieve a common goal. > > > > So what was the goal of the Army doctrine -- by whatever name -- in the > attack on Fallujah? He can only guess as can you. But he was correct that we need to be fighting a war of attrition. Up until now, the attrition has worked against us. Mosul is all but under US, British and Iraqi NG and Police control now. Guess they will tell us what the next target is AFTER the battle begins.
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