All barrier work should have been completed first, early in 2003 and 2004 immediately after the start of the car-bomb war, as part of an effective counterinsurgency. Is this the best we can do?

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The Observer Journal - Observation Leading to Insight: All barrier work should have been completed first, early in 2003 and 2004 immediately after the start of the car-bomb war, as part of an effective counterinsurgency. Is this the best we can do?

All barrier work should have been completed first, early in 2003 and 2004 immediately after the start of the car-bomb war, as part of an effective counterinsurgency. Is this the best we can do?

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Relearning lessons learned. Hesco barriers, filled with dirt, were widely deployed starting in early 2007. The car-bomb war started in August 2003. Why were four star generals relearning lessons learned yet again in the middle of a bloody, vicious, shooting war? How can this be when the U.S. Government spends a fortune educating the American officer elite? How is it possible 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 were wasted? --- http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=41931