that a generation of US political and military leaders had a number of shortfalls that adversely impacted your ability to do your jobs.
If the senior folks hadn't tried to drop FID and COIN by the wayside, you and everyone there would've had the training. They did drop it, you didn't get the training -- and that's not your fault; you did what you were trained to do and did it well. Any errors, as they say, accrue to the upper echelons.
Hopefully, the next generation will not repeat that mistake.
I'd also note that your OIF I experience and Schmedlap's OIF III experience were two different wars. Just as this one coming up will be different again.
Keep on pushing.
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