11 September 2007

Doctrinal terminology and accuracy

The State | 09/11/2007 | Changing the definitions of success
also George F. Will - A War Still Seeking a Mission - washingtonpost.com
The purpose of the surge, they said, is to buy time — “breathing space,” the president says — for Iraqi political reconciliation. Because progress toward that has been negligible, there is no satisfactory answer to this question: What is the U.S. military mission in Iraq?


I've been looking thru the US military doctrinal manuals. I can't find any reference of the mission "provide breathing space" or any performance measures for it.
The US mission to Iraq has become a greater boondoggle than Somalia ever was.

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