--- John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently read a paper by an associate of John Boyd > outlining what a > military force organized on his principles of > strategy would look like. > One of the interesting comments made was that > Sherman's campaign after > leaving Chattanooga and entering Savannah a form of > 4th Generation > Warfare (4GW). Sherman's strategy of avoiding > battle, converging > columns around entrenched Southern troops, and > disregard for his rear > confused the Southern military authorities so much, > that they replaced > the general who had an idea what Sherman was up to > with one who had no > clue. Consequently Hood sent his army into four > battles against > Sherman, losing all of them and leaving the way open > to Atlanta and > Savannah afterward. By December, 1864 Sherman was on > the coast, > threatening Lee's rear. > What I can glean from the public statements made by > our strategists, > the plan is to get inside the Iraqi's "decision > cycle" (the OODA loop: > Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) by setting up multiple > threats in > different areas. When Saddam reacts to one of those > threats, he will be > weakened in some other area, and our opportunities > in that area will be > enhanced. Also, there is a strong element of psywar > involved in 4GW, > and I believe we can see some evidence of this in > the President's > appeals to Iraqi troops to not resist, and in the > general's statements > about how we will have instructions for any Iraqi > force that wants to > on how to make itself a non-target. > It's a bold concept, requiring among other things, > total battlespace > awareness and troops who can quickly seize > unforeseen opportunities. If > it works, the war is over quickly, with a minimal > loss of lives and > property. That would also be an event similar to the > sea battle between > the Monitor and Merrimac, or the development of the > phalanx. > > john
John, If you could tell me how to get a copy of that paper, or post it, or a URL, or something like that, I would greatly appreciate it. I've never been able to get a copy of one of Boyd's legendary briefings. Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
