« In the Middle? That's Where the Magic Happens | Main | Why the Democrats Don't Get my Vote »
June 15, 2005
The River War
Mack Owens has a great editorial in the NY Post (use BugMeNot to get past the registration) analyzing the US/Iraqi theater offensive that started with the reduction of the enemy's Fallujah sanctuary last November. (hat tip: Irish Pennants) Like myself, Owens seems to think that this was the point at which the jihadis began to be seriously engaged in depth, and where the Sunnis began to turn to the Iraqi government in real terms, and away from the Ba'athist insurgency.
Owen's post hoc analysis validates Wretchard's excellent predictive analysis in The River War. If you want to understand the campaign, Owen's and Wretchard's analyses are a great place to start, and as always Michael Yon peerlessly provides the details of how this plays out tactically.
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.caerdroia.org/MT/mt-tb.cgi/151
Comments
Yeah, I linked to this column yesterday, too. I posted my comments then. Anticipatory Retaliation links to two relevant posts today, one from Wretchard and one from Larry Johnson of The Counter-Terrorism Blog (who appear to be quite defeatist in tone lately). AR makes the sound point that in a war without strategic front each side's strategic rear becomes that much more important. That's why the Bush Administration's weakness (in my view one of their great weaknesses) in shoring up confidence on the home front and boosting morale here is so problematic.
Posted by: Dave Schuler at June 16, 2005 9:14 AM