NEW WAY OF DOING BATTLE

NYT has a couple of pieces today gushing on how revolutionary the battle plan for this war turned out to be: War in Iraq Provides Model of New Way of Doing Battle and American Forces Adapted to Friend and Foe. The consensus seems to be that the plan was amazingly creative and flexible. Gee, and here I thought it was a bad thing that they didn’t stick to their script the whole time.

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James Joyner
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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.