Barry Chip Daniels
Retired U.S. Army Colonel and former commander of 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment in Iraq; now a defense-sector executive and President/co-founder of the 1-5 Cav Black Knight Foundation.
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Sep 18, 2026
Barry Chip DanielsGUEST
And the strategy at the time for the army, for the multinational force, was to pull back into larger bases, forward operating bases, and then just go out and do episodic patrols.
Barry Chip DanielsGUEST
But turn this over to the Afghan, I'm sorry, the Iraqis, you know, to secure their country at this point.
Barry Chip DanielsGUEST
But that made sense at the at the time, but conditions on the ground were now changing.
Barry Chip DanielsGUEST
You can turn it over when you're not in the midst of a civil war, but turning it over to them when they are in the midst of a civil war is a recipe for disaster.
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