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| Question | Answer |
| What strategy was released for Act II? When was it? | January 2007, the 'New Way Forward' |
| What three things did 'The New Way Forward' change? | Reduced emphasis on Iraqisation, greater emphasis on COIN, surged 20k troops |
| What were the EWMs for Act II? | E: Create a stable democratic Iraq. W: Population centric approach + surge. M: COIN FM3-24 style |
| What do the statistics say for Act II? | Reduction of deaths and incidents |
| What does Stephen Biddle say was responsible for the reduction in violence? | The Anbar Awakening |
| What does Jawad's analysis suggest? | Geospatial analysis says surge didn’t do anything |
| What was Obama's quote about the surge? | Succeeded beyond our wildest dreams |
| What did Ollivant say that the surge did? | sent message that US was committed |
| What did Petraeus say the surge had done? | Met its objectives |
| What were the three main effects of the surge? | 1. Created space for reconstruction. 2. Pushed EF into Anbar Awakening. 3. Enabled US to pursue a withdrawel |
| What was the overall strategic effect of the surge? | Enabled the US to withdrawal from Iraq 'victorious' in their eyes |
| What two stages can COIN in Iraq be broken into? | Act 1: June 2004-January 2007. Act 2: February 2007-February 2009 |
| What are Kilcullen's Three Pillars of COIN? | Security, Economy, Political |
| How does the US define COIN? | Comprehensive civilian and military efforts taken to defeat an insurgency and to address any core grievances |
| What were the EWMs of Act 1? | E: Crate a stable democratic Iraq. W: Iraqisiation. M: Rudimentary COIN |
| What was the three results of Act 1? | Rise in incidents and deaths, insurgency growing, US ineffective |
| What did Stephen Biddle say was part of the problem during Act 1? | Iraqisiation - ‘Pouring gasoline on the fire’ because of religious divides |
| What did Bruce Hoffman say the US hadn't done, which effected their performance in Iraq? | Absorbed historical lessons |
| What does Galula says COIN requires? PTR | Patience, Time, Resource |
| What were the US in a rush to do during Act 1? | Leave! |
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