Kenneth Pollack: Washington Should Build a New Syrian Army to Settle the Syrian Conflict

[tru_m.a.c]

Has anyone read this article yet?
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141848/kenneth-m-pollack/an-army-to-defeat-assad

Horse shyt.

But there is, in fact, a way that the United States could get what it wants in Syria -- and, ultimately, in Iraq as well -- without sending in U.S. forces: by building a new Syrian opposition army capable of defeating both President Bashar al-Assad and the more militant Islamists. The United States has pulled off similar operations before and could probably do so again, and at far lower cost than what it has spent in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I'm sure these similar "operations" were successful

Who calls building an army an "operation" …understatement of the year

More problematic, the current strategy does not ensure a stable end state.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. The fukk you mean "current."

Providing weapons and limited training to the rebels will simply improve their ability to kill. It will not unite them, create a viable power-sharing arrangement among fractious ethnic and sectarian communities, or build strong government institutions.

No shyt sherlock - that's why we're in this mess in the first place. A mess, by the way, that you helped put is in.

Recruiting Syrian army personnel would be the first task. These men and women could come from any part of the country or its diaspora, as long as they were Syrian and willing to fight in the new army. They would need to integrate themselves into a conventional military structure and adopt its doctrine and rules of conduct. They would also have to be willing to leave their existing militias and become reassigned to new units without regard for religion, ethnicity, or geographic origin. Loyalty to the new army and to the vision of a democratic postwar Syria for which it would stand must supersede all other competing identities.

wait wait you have to see the next two paragraphs

The strategy’s most critical aspect would be its emphasis on long-term conventional training. The program would represent a major departure from the assistance Washington is currently providing the opposition, which involves a few weeks of coaching in weapons handling and small-unit tactics. The new regimen, by contrast, should last at least a year, beginning with such basic training and then progressing to logistics, medical support, and specialized military skills. Along the way, U.S. advisers would organize the soldiers into a standard army hierarchy. Individuals chosen for command positions would receive additional instruction in leadership, advanced tactics, combined-arms operations, and communications.

Because the existing Syrian opposition is hobbled by extremism and a lack of professionalism, vetting all new personnel would be crucial. History shows that the only effective way to do this is for the U.S. advisers to work with the recruits on a daily basis. That would allow the advisers to gradually weed out the inevitable bad seeds -- radicals, regime agents, thugs, and felons -- and promote the good ones.

this muhfukka just described the failed planned in Iraq

Washington would need to provide the new army with heavy weapons, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery, and surface-to-air missiles -- vital tools for eliminating the regime’s current advantage in firepower.

Like the tools stolen by ISIS

This new Syrian army would eventually move into Syria, but only once it was strong enough to conquer and hold territory. For that, it would need to reach a critical threshold of both quantity and quality. It would be unwise to send the new army into the maelstrom of Syria until it could field at least two or three brigades, each composed of 1,000 to 2,000 soldiers. Yet more important, these formations should go into battle only once they have developed the unit cohesion, tactical skills, leadership, and logistical capabilities necessary to beat the regime’s forces and any rival militias. And when it does cross into Syria, the army should do so accompanied by a heavy complement of U.S. advisers

I had to stop right here. Yo is this nikka playing The Sims? This article has to be sent to all of my military friends. We just gonna develop battle ready brigades like that huh .

This whole paragraph is laughable at best. "But only once it was strong enough to conquer and hold territory." Pollack's army has Madden stats out here with a conquer and hold rating of 92.

Write an article about building an Army out of refugees after the current Iraqi Army, that took you a decade to establish, is dismantled in 2 months brehs.

 

[ORDER_66]

these little think tanks and shadowy cabals just doesnt get it...

 

[Jhoon]

these little think tanks and shadowy cabals just doesnt get it...

I think its a satirical piece.

 

[Techniec]

 

[mbewane]

Why not? it worked before

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Has anyone read this article yet?
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141848/kenneth-m-pollack/an-army-to-defeat-assad

Horse shyt.



I'm sure these similar "operations" were successful

Who calls building an army an "operation" …understatement of the year



WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. The fukk you mean "current."



No shyt sherlock - that's why we're in this mess in the first place. A mess, by the way, that you helped put is in.



wait wait you have to see the next two paragraphs



this muhfukka just described the failed planned in Iraq



Like the tools stolen by ISIS



I had to stop right here. Yo is this nikka playing The Sims? This article has to be sent to all of my military friends. We just gonna develop battle ready brigades like that huh .

This whole paragraph is laughable at best. "But only once it was strong enough to conquer and hold territory." Pollack's army has Madden stats out here with a conquer and hold rating of 92.

Write an article about building an Army out of refugees after the current Iraqi Army, that took you a decade to establish, is dismantled in 2 months brehs.

this is what happens with "think-tanks"

These dudes just pushing green army men across the table thinking they can force specific outcomes

and guess who never gets it right in their eyes? Obama

Then they code it in wacky bullshyt vague terms like "lack of leadership" etc.

 

[thekingsmen]

Has anyone read this article yet?
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141848/kenneth-m-pollack/an-army-to-defeat-assad

Horse shyt.



I'm sure these similar "operations" were successful

Who calls building an army an "operation" …understatement of the year



WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS. The fukk you mean "current."



No shyt sherlock - that's why we're in this mess in the first place. A mess, by the way, that you helped put is in.



wait wait you have to see the next two paragraphs



this muhfukka just described the failed planned in Iraq



Like the tools stolen by ISIS



I had to stop right here. Yo is this nikka playing The Sims? This article has to be sent to all of my military friends. We just gonna develop battle ready brigades like that huh .

This whole paragraph is laughable at best. "But only once it was strong enough to conquer and hold territory." Pollack's army has Madden stats out here with a conquer and hold rating of 92.

Write an article about building an Army out of refugees after the current Iraqi Army, that took you a decade to establish, is dismantled in 2 months brehs.

Everything he said in this article proves the involvement of the creation of ISIS. He isn't joking because he writes serious pieces about destroying nations especailly by Color Revolutions, backing terrorist groups, bombing sovereign nations, arming opposition groups. It's written in his book "Which Path to Persia?"