We may not have much of a strategy, but we do have books full of tactics. Throw enough at it, and you get an effect.
This, however, is engaging the 25m targets. A strategy is what sets the guidance for the targets ten years down the road - to focus on where we want to be, which guides how we get there, and gives order to the FLAILEX we find ourselves in.
As Clausewitz observed, "In war, everything is simple. It is also difficult."
So is it true of strategy. Too easy to fight the alligators, vice figuring out why and how to drain the swamp.
Iraq: ISIL On The Defensive
September 8, 2014: The American air attacks have increased and put ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) on the defensive. There have been about 150 American air attacks since they began on August 8 th and now occur everywhere ISIL has forces in Iraq. Thus in the last month ISIL has lost control of a major dam, a refinery and major oil fields around Kirkuk. ISIL is also losing control of the oil smuggling operation it had established in Syria and western Iraq. The attack against the Haditha dam includes local Sunni tribal militiamen who have refused to join ISIL. Many Sunni tribes backed away from supporting ISIL or agreed to work with the government. Haditha is the second largest dam in the country in terms of hydroelectric power and water supply.
It would be nice if we had something in place for "What Next?" but that woudl be strategy. The President is supposed to bloviate about this tonight - an actual strategy, vice tactics. We'll see. one can olny hope.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2014/09/on_strategy_bec.html
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Sep 10 2014, 07:17 AM
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