An upbeat report on Iraq...
...from Col. Jack Jacobs, U.S. Army, retired, on Imus this morning.
He spent two weeks in Iraq in the Sunni Triangle, touring places like Fallujah and Tikrit.
First, he says that U.S. troop morale is remarkably high. Whether regular service or National Guard the soldiers are synched to the mission.
Second, Jacobs reports that the relationship between the troops and Iraqis in the Sunni Triangle is excellent.
Third, the Iraqis are, as a result of that excellent relationship, supplying the troops with good intelligence on insurgents.
Fourth, U.S. troops routinely thwart the tactics of the insurgents. For every roadside bomb (IED) that explodes, nine more are destroyed before they can do harm. This is the result of good intel and surveillance. Also, advanced radar technology instantaneously plots mortar and rocket fire and returns automated fire to the precise location from which the attack is launched before the mortar shell or rocket even hits. This limits the enemy to one shot per attack and eliminates barrages.
Overall, Jacobs says that he was surprised at how well things are going and that the situation even impressed him despite his generally cynical outlook on all things.
He spent two weeks in Iraq in the Sunni Triangle, touring places like Fallujah and Tikrit.
First, he says that U.S. troop morale is remarkably high. Whether regular service or National Guard the soldiers are synched to the mission.
Second, Jacobs reports that the relationship between the troops and Iraqis in the Sunni Triangle is excellent.
Third, the Iraqis are, as a result of that excellent relationship, supplying the troops with good intelligence on insurgents.
Fourth, U.S. troops routinely thwart the tactics of the insurgents. For every roadside bomb (IED) that explodes, nine more are destroyed before they can do harm. This is the result of good intel and surveillance. Also, advanced radar technology instantaneously plots mortar and rocket fire and returns automated fire to the precise location from which the attack is launched before the mortar shell or rocket even hits. This limits the enemy to one shot per attack and eliminates barrages.
Overall, Jacobs says that he was surprised at how well things are going and that the situation even impressed him despite his generally cynical outlook on all things.
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