> This was part of the much-heralded “success” of the surge, George W. Bush’s decision to increase troop presence in Iraq and commit to a strategy grounded in the new counterinsurgency field manual General David Petraeus put out in 2006.
Yeah, this was the time the US military did the bidding of the Supreme Islamic Councile and helped to ethnically cleanse Baghdad.
Givin support to people like the Badr Brigades who went around with powerdrills and killed all non-Shia residents.
The level of violence went down because the Sunni were defeated. They are just 20% and they have no chance against the other 60% that control the government and 100'000 marines.
The US also made deals with the Tribs in the country side. This worked as long as America was there and giving them protection and support. Once the US left it took a couple years and many of these tribes joined ISIS.
The narrative the this counterinsurgency thing 'worked' is utter nonsense. When Petraeus tried the same strategy in Afganistan where there was not a majority who was willing or able to utterly crush a small minority it failed completly.
Yeah, this was the time the US military did the bidding of the Supreme Islamic Councile and helped to ethnically cleanse Baghdad.
Givin support to people like the Badr Brigades who went around with powerdrills and killed all non-Shia residents.
The level of violence went down because the Sunni were defeated. They are just 20% and they have no chance against the other 60% that control the government and 100'000 marines.
The US also made deals with the Tribs in the country side. This worked as long as America was there and giving them protection and support. Once the US left it took a couple years and many of these tribes joined ISIS.
The narrative the this counterinsurgency thing 'worked' is utter nonsense. When Petraeus tried the same strategy in Afganistan where there was not a majority who was willing or able to utterly crush a small minority it failed completly.