tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post8053077333127244401..comments2023-10-25T08:34:59.128-07:00Comments on Iraqi <i>American</i> Mojo: General Petraeus is most fascinatingIraqi Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-70321901955629599672010-12-12T07:46:48.466-08:002010-12-12T07:46:48.466-08:00Dolly, you don't like Petraeus because he deci...Dolly, you don't like Petraeus because he decimated your beloved Al Qaeda in Iraq.<br /><br />He did good things for ordinary Iraqis. What did Al Qaeda do to win the hearts and minds of ordinary Iraqis?Iraqi Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-9426876932615747992010-12-12T07:42:11.258-08:002010-12-12T07:42:11.258-08:00'In Mosul, a city of nearly two million people...'In Mosul, a city of nearly two million people, Petraeus and the 101st employed classic counterinsurgency methods to build security and stability, including conducting targeted kinetic operations and using force judiciously, jump-starting the economy, building local security forces, staging elections for the city council within weeks of their arrival, overseeing a program of public works, reinvigorating the political process,[48][49][50] and launching 4,500 reconstruction projects.[51] This approach can be attributed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus" rel="nofollow">Petraeus</a>, who had been steeped in nation-building during his previous tours in nations such as Bosnia and Haiti and thus approached nation-building as a central military mission and who was "prepared to act while the civilian authority in Baghdad was still getting organized," according to Michael Gordon of The New York Times.[52] Some Iraqis gave Petraeus the nickname 'King David,'[48][53] which was later adopted by some of his colleagues.[54][55][56] Newsweek has stated that "It's widely accepted that no force worked harder to win Iraqi hearts and minds than the 101st Air Assault Division led by Petraeus." 'Iraqi Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-54693486583008841732010-12-11T10:28:57.417-08:002010-12-11T10:28:57.417-08:00He's a real hero. I hope he succeeds in Afghan...He's a real hero. I hope he succeeds in Afghanistan too.Fayrouzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08511007234992726370noreply@blogger.com