Will open this forum when our session starts.
Tuesday, 1200 Eastern / GMT-4
Maybe a little before if we get a preview of the questions.
OK, this forum is open.
Registered users will not be able to start new threads here, but will be able to reply to the threads I'll start, seeded with readers from the Post.
I'll copy some of your replies back, to the best of my ability to manage the helmet fire that I expect. And I hope that some readers will meander over here and add to our Council.
The feed on the Post is here.
Game time about noon eastern.
All ready...
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
Are we on yet?
Are we on yet?
Kat-Missouri
Looks like it's started, but I haven't seen anything on the WP site...Originally Posted by kehenry1
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
Who, what, where, when............I'm not getting the warm and fuzzy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2007111202084
Still quite...
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
Thanks Marc
1st q
Asheville, N.C.: Just when did the administration uncover that it was fighting an insurgency, and did it have to wait until after the 2006 midterms to adopt a counterinsurgency approach? Exactly when was Petraeus notified he was to develop his counterinsurgency manual, and how did it happen?
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
I've already been banned - just kidding
It's anything but fast..hit refresh oftenThanks Marc
Yeah - I'll toss the Q and As up here...It's anything but fast..hit refresh often
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
q 2
Matewan, W.Va.: There appears to be some contention and maybe even competition between military traditionalists and advocates of COIN. How serious is this division? Is it in your opinions adversarial and in any way detrimental to the war in Iraq?
Dave Dilegge: I don't think the serious debate is between "military tradionalists" and COIN advocates. The serious debate is all about conducting successful COIN (now called Irregular Warfare by some) while maintaing our capability to conduct the rest of the spectrum. This debate has moved beyond the Op-Ed's and discussion groups and the military is taking a serious look at this issue through more formal avenues. Stayed tuned...
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
Marc, I was being serious...this time.
I still have only see two questions and one answer...
OK Folks -- get out of this thread. Go to the special forum.
I'm posting some of the ?s there. Answer in the thread and then I'll post your replies on the WaPo.
Hi Stan, I only tossed the q up - here's the full one...
Asheville, N.C.: Just when did the administration uncover that it was fighting an insurgency, and did it have to wait until after the 2006 midterms to adopt a counterinsurgency approach? Exactly when was Petraeus notified he was to develop his counterinsurgency manual, and how did it happen?
Dave Dilegge: Lots of variables and issues that I was not privy to in your question. Here is what I think about this whole issue: we didn�t have a coherent Phase IV plan, we didn�t have all instruments of national power (interagency minus the military) available and we fueled the development of an insurgency by alienating large segments of the Iraqi population. It took us years to even acknowledge an insurgency existed. While(best and brightest tactical commanders implemented sound counterinsurgency (COIN) practices on a local level from the offset, their efforts were fleeting as units moved on and there existed a denial in many quarters that we were even facing an insurgency. That said, it is water under the bridge and best left to the historians to sort out � it is time to move on. What is important is that we now have a �theater-wide� doctrine. Short of calling it quits the new Iraq strategy is our best, and possibly last, chance on getting this thing right.
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Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
OK, we're done.
Whew! Time to hit the showers!
Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat...
Marc W.D. Tyrrell, Ph.D.
Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Senior Research Fellow,
The Canadian Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, NPSIA
Carleton University
http://marctyrrell.com/
Will there be an AAR of some sort? Or just gnashing of teeth?
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
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