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So I spent yesterday at a Marine Corps conference on counterinsurgency. It was packed (and the room was as hot as Baghdad in April). I’ll write several posts on it. But the big surprise to me was the big dog who wasn’t there: The U.S. Army. Aside from Gen. Petraeus, an outlier who was expelled ...
MOSUL, IRAQ FEBRUARY 27: A U.S. soldier holds the platoons pet dog 'Rocky' inside an armored vehicle during a combat patrol on February 27, 2005 in the restive northern city of Mosul, Iraq. With a mounting death toll and as most of Iraq remains in anarchy, the "Occupation" as it is known by most Iraqis began its third year March 19. (Photo by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/Getty Images)
So I spent yesterday at a Marine Corps conference on counterinsurgency. It was packed (and the room was as hot as Baghdad in April). I’ll write several posts on it. But the big surprise to me was the big dog who wasn’t there: The U.S. Army. Aside from Gen. Petraeus, an outlier who was expelled into the Joint World long ago, and his posse member Brig. Gen. H.R. McMaster, no Army officers spoke. It amazes me that there were more speakers from my little CNAS (pop. maybe 35 on a good day) than from the Army (pop. more than half a million).
Note: This post has been updated.
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