The plan recommends six key changes to U.S. military operations in Iraq that will better enable our troops to win. It fits within the current strategy and could be immediately implemented by Congress, the Pentagon, and the new leadership in Baghdad. The first four steps will enable the troops to fulfill the fifth: smart offensive operations. The sixth step describes how to better fight the information war. While many of these actions have been carried out well by various units, overall success will continue to elude us until these are implemented throughout Iraq, denying the adversary the ability to simply shift operations away from certain units.
- Encourage Innovation
- Improve Training
- Enable the Troops
- Strengthen Intelligence Sharing
- Seize a Smart Offensive
- Win the Daily Information Battle
Summary of Essay Published in The Weekly Standard, November 2006 - by Major Eric Egland.
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