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To: LindyBill who wrote (202378)	4/13/2007 7:25:23 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) of 793800

Why? Because, as Lt. Col. David Kilcullen, the Australian counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus, has written, 14 of the 18 tribal leaders in Anbar have turned against al-Qaeda. Kilcullen failed to tell us the cost of this buyout. Nor did he mention the four that spurned the offer are quite sufficient to continue the insurgency at a high level. Our offer had to exceed the offer they were operating under. And Kilcullen should acknowledge the loyalties of those who accepted may (will) shift again if they receive a better offer. They did just that the last time we conquered Anbar and then pulled out. All of Krauthammer's and Kilcullen's war comments are about accomplishing short-term military objectives. I am seeing absolutely zilch about long term FID/UW campaign planning. That infers we are leaving soon.

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