From: Jurriaan Bendien (adsl675281@TISCALI.NL)
Date: Thu Nov 23 2006 - 15:35:43 EST
"I went there with the wrong attitude and I thought I understood Iraq and the history because I had seen PowerPoint slides, but I really didn't." - Major Mike Sullivan, advisor to three infantry companies in the Iraqi army. "The thing the Army institutionally is still struggling to learn is that the most important thing we do in counterinsurgency is building host-nation institutions, yet all our organizations are designed around the least important line of operations: combat operations." - Lt. Col. Paul Yingling, a staff officer with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq in 2005 and 2006 who worked with Iraqi units. From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112100171.html Oliver's army is here to stay Oliver's army are on their way And I would rather be anywhere else But here today - Elvis Costello, Oliver's Army
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