Reply #1: Frightening. And increase in casualties is not a sign of failure, as [View All]

long as the dead are not their sons or daughters.
Found this nugget on Kagan this a.m., from here:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_car_061226_who_is_shaping_white.htm

December 26, 2006 at 20:01:33

Who Is Shaping White House and Pentagon Thinking on the Next Steps In Iraq and Iran?

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A much lesser known policy influencer might be Professor Frederick Kagan. Kagan is a widely published military historian who served as a professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1995 until 2005. This assignment put him into close contact with many of the "thinkers" of the United States Army, such as General Barry McCafferty, now himself a professor at West Point.

At West Point Kagan participated in dozens of panel discussions, strategy development sessions and war games. He is currently at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He is the author of AEI's most recent "surge plan" would put four additional Army brigades into Baghdad and two additional Marine regimental combat teams into Sunni-dominated Anbar Province, in an effort to curtail Iraqi violence.

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There's more on Kagan; seems he's one of the few * can count on to say what * wants to hear. And involved with the AEI; quelle surprise!