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Retired Brig. General: Iraq Operational Problems and Solutions
Dr. Mitchell Zais. US Brigadier General, retired, on Iraq errors:
Zais' opinions are well thought out. Unfortunately, he omits one big defect in military planning on Iraq: preparation to counter the "Dar Islam" concept of defensive jihad and Ulama (clerical) authority. Nation builidng is obstructed in Iraq because common sense escapes most Muslims, who are bound by primitive dictate of Mohammad's frauds (Koran). I believe that Iraq sectarian problems will be solved when Iran's Ayatollahs are deposed.
...In summary, our flawed strategy in Iraq has produced the situation we now face. This strategy is a product of the Pentagon, not the White House. And remember, the Pentagon is run by civilian appointees in suits, not military men and women in uniform. From the very beginning Defense Department officials failed to appreciate what it would take to win this war.

The U.S. military has tried to support this strategy because they are trained and instructed to be subordinate to and obedient to civilian leadership. And the American people want it that way. The last thing you want is a uniformed military accustomed to debating in public the orders of their appointed civilian masters. But retired generals and admirals are starting to speak out, to criticize the strategy that has produced our current situation in Iraq.

But, if we continue to fight the war on the cheap, if we continue to avoid involving the American people by asking them to make any sacrifice at all, if we continue to spend our dollars on technology while neglecting the soldiers and Marines on the ground, and if we fail to involve the full scope of the American government in rebuilding Iraq, then we might as well quit, and come home. But, what we have now is not a real strategy; it's business as usual.From the very beginning, Defense Department officials failed to appreciate what it would take to win this war. No wonder it's not going well.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-19
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