To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
Languages
Recent
Show all languages
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Rumsfeld Doctrine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The "Rumsfeld Doctrine", named after former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, is a phrase coined by journalists[1] concerned with the perceived transformation of the military of the United States. It would be considered Rumsfeld's own take on RMA (Revolution in Military Affairs). It seeks to increase force readiness and decrease the amount of supply required to maintain forces, by reducing the number in a theater. This is done mainly by using LAVs (Light Armoured Vehicles) to scout for enemies who are then destroyed via airstrikes. The basic tenets of this military strategy are:

  • High-technology combat systems;
  • Reliance on air forces;
  • Small, nimble ground forces.

The early phases of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars are considered the two closest implementations of this doctrine.[1]

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/5
    Views:
    615 795
    68 692
    23 080
    6 250
    80 877
  • Real Origin of the Lizard People Conspiracy Theory
  • Iraq War 2003 Documentary
  • Running the World: The Most Powerful Group in the History of the World (2005)
  • General Robert W Cone
  • Jeremy Scahill on the Blackwater Security Scandal (2007)

Transcription

Responses

Opponents argue that the doctrine entails a heavy reliance on air strikes to replace a lack of ground forces. Beginning with Saddam Hussein, there were at least 50 air strikes aimed at decapitating the Iraqi leadership. Not a single one was successful. However, there were extensive civilian casualties.[2] This was coined the Shock and awe military campaign.[3]

Opponents also claim that without ground troops to secure the border, top Ba'athist regime members fled the country with vast Iraqi funds and foreign insurgents moved into the country. There were not enough troops to defend the Iraqi border from foreign-backed insurgents.[3]

They also claim that without sufficient troops the country could not be pacified. Without sufficient troops to guard the Iraqi military infrastructure, large amounts of munitions were looted. This has led to the current problem of insurgents and their improvised explosive devices (IED)s. Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times has referred to the Rumsfeld Doctrine as one of "just enough troops to lose".[4]

That said, the war plan for the Iraq War led to a quick and decisive victory over one of the region's largest and best equipped military forces. Using tactics honed from those used during first Gulf War, the Balkans and Afghanistan, the U.S. led coalition's integrated forces strategy overwhelmed the Iraqi defenses using rapid deployment and engagement of military "power" rather than overwhelming them with overwhelming forces, or overwhelming numbers.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Failings of the Rumsfeld doctrine". www.csmonitor.com. September 21, 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Docherty, Bonnie (11 December 2003). "Off Target: The Conduct of the War and Civilian Casualties in Iraq (Human Rights Watch Report, December 2003)". Human Rights Watch.
  3. ^ a b "Operation Iraqi Freedom - By the Numbers", USCENTAF, April 30, 2003, 15.
  4. ^ Friedman, Thomas (3 October 2004). "Iraq: Politics or Policy?". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  5. ^ Cordesman, Anthony (2004). Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics and Military Lessons. New York, NY. ISBN 0892064323.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

This page was last edited on 2 February 2024, at 12:53
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.