OT: Newt Gingrich
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/1002188.asp
Newt Gingrich, a quiet Rumsfeld confidant, thinks the U.S. went ‘off a
cliff' in Iraq. A NEWSWEEK exclusive
By John Barry and Evan Thomas
NEWSWEEK
Dec. 15 issue — The military has been hitting hard lately in Iraq,
using overwhelming firepower to kill the enemy in operations with
videogame names like Iron Hammer and Ivy Cyclone II. But behind the
scenes, some military experts, including high-ranking officers in U.S.
Special Forces (Army Green Berets, Navy SEALs and the like), are
beginning to complain that America's strategy in Iraq is wrongheaded.
"This is what Westmoreland was doing in Vietnam," says a top Special
Forces commander, referring to the firepower-heavy tactics favored by
the military's senior commander in Vietnam, Gen. William Westmoreland,
who lost sight of America's essential mission in that lost war:
winning the hearts and minds of the people.
Newt Gingrich
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