sounds like a combination of the ISG and a macabre nightmare of hobbesian total war
But been there done that, no?
Interesting, particularly given this article from the WAPO on the shift in strategy in Iraq. Here's an excerpt:
The plan recognizes that there are too few troops to protect all of Iraq's population, and so focuses on critical regions such as greater Baghdad.
Next, the plan emphasizes building the government's capacity to function, admitting severe weaknesses in government ministries and often nonexistent institutional links between the central government and provincial and local governments. This, too, is in contrast with Casey's strategy, which focused on rapidly handing over responsibility to Iraq's government.
..."For the surge to work, Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus have to identify the Iraqi nationalists and empower them, while minimizing" two other groups -- namely, "the militant sectarians . . . and the profoundly, personally corrupt," said Toby Dodge...
If they are serious about cracking down on sectarianism within the Iraqi government, they will need the extra troops. That said, given the task they are trying to accomplish. this still seems as too wittle, too wate.
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