Quote Originally Posted by M.L. View Post
Picking targets is an operational function, not a strategic one. I defy you to produce a national strategy document which contains specific targets.

Strategic objectives are not the same as targets. A strategic objective may be to destroy the national leadership of an enemy country (say, the president and supreme council of Iran). This strategic objective is then translated at the operational level into either operational targets or tactical objectives.

A strategic target is a target which, if destroyed/defeated, will produce strategic effects. However, this isn't "strategic targeting."

M.L.,it's gonna be alright man I am not arguing what is actually taught today as official methodology, I am arguing about what I believe Clausewitz meant in On War. See the differance? So lets not start defying each other about who can produce what because the guy (CvC) is dead and nobody can really prove anything except the quotes from the book and even those are subject to translational debate.