There are few times in the history of conflict that willingly removing seasoned leaders and troops from the field leads to quick victory. This is the subject of an article I'm writing for a professional military journal and as a book topic.

It is even worse in an insurgency to purposefully disrupt relationships between the coalition and the Iraqi's. Our Grandfathers spent the duration in the box during WWII, when we tried 365 and out in Vietnam it was a faliure. I spent 596 days deployed in the last three years but not more than eight months in any one place. It takes six months to just get past hello in most tribal or clan based populations.