An excessive amount of high-fiving and backslapping followed the recent election in Iraq. Unfortunately the parliamentary election is a last minute hail mary pass not the closing chapter of a victorious campaign. In a previous post I was asked what the resistance fighters would do after American forces leave. The answer I gave was not my own, but that of the resistance. Here area two videos from 2008 so you can formulate your own opinion. Included is some great commentary from Bing West and Dr. Austin Long.
People & Power - Saddam's tribal strategy - 28 Oct 08 - Pt 1
People & Power - Saddam's tribal strategy - 28 Oct 08 - Pt 2
Sunday, March 14, 2010
OIF Flashback 2008: The Awakening
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counterinsurgency,
Iraq,
Sons of Iraq,
Strategy,
Tribal Engagement