Il quadro Odierno

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  Can Ray Odierno Make Iraq Safe for the US to Leave? - TIME

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  46 days ago in Quick Links & Interests · Authority: 1

  Can Ray Odierno Make Iraq Safe for the US to Leave? - TIME

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    Interview w/ Gen. Odierno

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    48 days ago in BLACKFIVE · Authority: 700

    Brian Bennett and JD Johannes shot an interview on their trip to Iraq w/ Gen. Odierno that just went live at TIME.com. A very solid piece and another in what will hopefully be a long series from these two.

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      El estado de las cosas

      http://www.wimbleblog.com.ar/2008/11/el-estado-de-las-cosas....
      48 days ago in Wimbledon · Authority: 35

      El estado de las cosas Time entrevista al general responsable de la "reducción de la violencia" en Irak y del "éxito de la estrategia reciente" (encomillado del Time, para que sepan cómo juzga las cosas la prensa norteamericana) Time

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        The General

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        49 days ago in 坓⁊求杯 · Authority: 225

        Brian Bennett begins The General, Time Magazine, by reviewing the former concerns about LTG Odierno's kinetic old school style as the antithesis of COIN (an opinion commonly held here): When Ray Odierno took over the top military post in Iraq from General David Petraeus in September, there was a lot of hand-wringing among folk at defense think tanks in Washington worried that he was the wrong man for the job. They pointed to Odierno's reputation from his first tour in Iraq, in 2003, as a heavy-handed division commander who had neither a grasp of the subtleties of fighting an insurgency nor the political acumen to sell his ideas back home. Some correspondents who covered Iraq in the months after the fall of Saddam Hussein also came away with that opinion. But rightly spends the bulk of his article discussing the remarkable outcomes from the in-stride transformation of an agile, adaptable leader. The Anbar Awakening is not the only amazing 180 of this operation writ large, and we're glad to be on the same team as great leaders of principle, vision, and open minds. But the doubters didn't take into account the evolution of Odierno's thinking during his second tour in Iraq, in 2006, when he helped develop the military's surge strategy--which contributed hugely to the reduction of violence in much of the country. Petraeus sold Washington on the surge, but it was Odierno who gave him something to sell. "It is clear that by late 2006, he was as important as Petraeus, if not more important, because he was the guy on the ground," says Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution. The success of the surge has led to a reassessment of Odierno, 54. Retired General Jack Keane, who consulted closely with Odierno on the surge in late 2006, was so impressed that he later used his powerful connections in the Administration to push for promoting Odierno to Petraeus' job. "He went through a complete metamorphosis," says Keane. "He educated himself and became the pre-eminent operational commander we have in conducting irregular warfare."... Much more at Time.

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          The General -- A Profile On Gen. Ray Odierno

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          49 days ago in War News Updates · Authority: 36

          Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq, meets with members of the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Camp Liberty, Iraq, Jan. 10. During his visit, Odierno discussed current operations with unit leaders .U.S. Army photo by Sgt.Curt Cashour From Time Magazine: When Ray Odierno took over the top military post in Iraq from General David Petraeus in September, there was a lot of hand-wringing among folk at defense think tanks in Washington worried that he was the wrong man for the job. They pointed to Odierno's reputation from his first tour in Iraq, in 2003, as a heavy-handed division commander who had neither a grasp of the subtleties of fighting an insurgency nor the political acumen to sell his ideas back home. Some correspondents who covered Iraq in the months after the fall of Saddam Hussein also came away with that opinion; in his best-selling 2006 book, Fiasco, Washington Post correspondent Thomas E. Ricks suggested that Odierno's tough tactics in the Sunni Triangle had helped fuel the insurgency. Odierno's 4th Infantry Division, while hunting down Saddam and fighting off the remnants of his irregular fedayeen forces, flattened houses said to have been used by fighters and launched artillery volleys at insurgents hiding amid the civilian population. Read more ....