Good perspective, Newt. You say, “ Focusing on war winning also requires a lot more clarity with political leaders…” Is it not instead, “First, political leaders must be a lot more clear…”? For all the criticism of Bush the Elder’s decision to leave Saddam in power at the end of the Gulf War, that’s the last time we had such clarity from an Administration.
Trump should have kept 5k combat troops in Afghanistan at Bagram as "cheap insurance" against the Taliban resurgence and to continue to bolster the Afghan government... his asinine agreement with the jihadists Taliban to fully withdraw all US forces was reckless 😳... Xi Biden then retreated from Afghanistan and surrendered to the jihadists Taliban and left behind $80 BILLION of weapons and equipment... 20 yrs wasted $3 TRILLION and US military lives and blood...
what should have happened but didn't because Trump rejected the advice of military leaders 🤔... I posted this in April...
Epic failure on the Trump DoD to not destroy the Iranian command and control systems that can "allow" safe passage of tankers thru the Strait of Hormuz!!!
The US should have immediately seized the Kharg island oil terminal and adjacent Iranian islands with the US Marine Corps MEU that should have been in the area embarked onboard ships... a simultaneously launched attack with ground forces should have immediately coincided to secure the entire region around the Strait by our 82 Airborne and other fast deployment units... during all this, any Iranian ships should have been destroyed to prevent further mine deployment in the waters...
another ground assault from the northern area of Iran by the willing and capable Kurds would have forced the Iranian regime to use ground forces and assets to fight against such, thus facilitating our efforts to secure the entire Strait of Hormuz and affecting regime change...
Good perspective, Newt. You say, “ Focusing on war winning also requires a lot more clarity with political leaders…” Is it not instead, “First, political leaders must be a lot more clear…”? For all the criticism of Bush the Elder’s decision to leave Saddam in power at the end of the Gulf War, that’s the last time we had such clarity from an Administration.
as for Afghanistan...
Trump should have kept 5k combat troops in Afghanistan at Bagram as "cheap insurance" against the Taliban resurgence and to continue to bolster the Afghan government... his asinine agreement with the jihadists Taliban to fully withdraw all US forces was reckless 😳... Xi Biden then retreated from Afghanistan and surrendered to the jihadists Taliban and left behind $80 BILLION of weapons and equipment... 20 yrs wasted $3 TRILLION and US military lives and blood...
what should have happened but didn't because Trump rejected the advice of military leaders 🤔... I posted this in April...
Epic failure on the Trump DoD to not destroy the Iranian command and control systems that can "allow" safe passage of tankers thru the Strait of Hormuz!!!
The US should have immediately seized the Kharg island oil terminal and adjacent Iranian islands with the US Marine Corps MEU that should have been in the area embarked onboard ships... a simultaneously launched attack with ground forces should have immediately coincided to secure the entire region around the Strait by our 82 Airborne and other fast deployment units... during all this, any Iranian ships should have been destroyed to prevent further mine deployment in the waters...
another ground assault from the northern area of Iran by the willing and capable Kurds would have forced the Iranian regime to use ground forces and assets to fight against such, thus facilitating our efforts to secure the entire Strait of Hormuz and affecting regime change...