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It is all about APOD/SPOD and forward positioning. Secure intertheater LOC and an ISB. If it is going to happen look for news of a combat brigade (with supporting CS/CSS elements/enablers) being deployed to Kuwait and placed there as a rapid reaction force. Also the movement of an Air Force wing (Jbird?) or a carrier strike group (Navytiger74?) being put in place to give fixed wing close air support.

Bla Bla Bla Yada Yada Yada MEU

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Posted by Navytiger74

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Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:02 pm to GeauxxxTigers23

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Bla Bla Bla Yada Yada Yada MEU

And then the Marine comes along, cuts through the Pentagonese, and let's us know the real.

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Posted by Wolfhound45

Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan

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Posted on 8/12/14 at 9:09 pm to GeauxxxTigers23

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MEU

Bro, you need wrenches. You need gas. You need a port. You need food. You need an airfield.

A MEU isn't any lighter than what I just described.

You have to strike a balance between force projection and force protection. But if you try to do it too light you have the Battle of the Black Sea all over again. Quite frankly, the time spent building up is an opportunity for political leadership to decide if they are going to bluff or go for it.

Powell Doctrine. Don't get in unless you have to. But if you do, get in with all you can and whip the garbage out of them.

ETA: I outlined how it will happen. Not what I want to happen. My take? If they are not willing to work together and end sectarian violence, then they get what they deserve. Let them have at it.

This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 9:13 pm

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