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[quote name="Lizard_King"]On a tactical level, sure. Even on a lower strategic level. The pacification of Ramadi (both euphemistically and not) in the last year will stand as an excellent example of how to conduct a successful counterinsurgency. The stability and support operations we've conducted in Fallujah since the push in 05 are in a similarly successful category, although not nearly as dramatic. The problem lies in that few of the lessons of either of those are all that applicable to Baghdad, which has a fairly unique set of problems due to its mixed population, size, and competing irreconcilable factions. [/quote]