Reply #72: Interesting but what military strategies or tactics do you believe Obama will change in Afghanistan?

[jody]

You express faith that policies will be changed but the only thing that matters to troops in combat are military strategies and tactics and the military doctrine they support.

An answer "I don't know what changes will be made" is acceptable because neither does Obama or his military advisers or anyone else as far as I can determine and that includes me.

As a start, interested people might study COUNTERINSURGENCY (FM 3-24, MCWP 3-33.5) and identify specific changes that Obama would make to that document which says "This field manual/Marine Corps warfighting publication establishes doctrine (fundamental principles) for military operations in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment. It is based on lessons learned from previous counterinsurgencies and contemporary operations. It is also based on existing interim doctrine and doctrine recently developed."

Whatever changes Obama and his military advisers might make in Afghanistan will affect the cited manual and a myriad of documents right down to the squad level.

My comments above also apply to McCain because he has not said what specific changes in strategy and tactics he would use in Afghanistan to succeed when current methods have failed.

I guess this is where the miracle occurs.