Evaluation of the Surge in Iraq

Nov 9, 2009

Institute for the Study of War

Following a showing of a new documentary called The Surge: The Untold Story, panelists talked about the 2007 surge in Iraq. Speakers included two U.S. commanders who were stationed in Iraq during the surge, and a New York Times correspondent who covered it. Among the topics they addressed were the possibility of a similar surge in .. Read More
Following a showing of a new documentary called The Surge: The Untold Story, panelists talked about the 2007 surge in Iraq. Speakers included two U.S. commanders who were stationed in Iraq during the surge, and a New York Times correspondent who covered it. Among the topics they addressed were the possibility of a similar surge in Afghanistan. Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a member of the Institute for the Study of War board, asked a question about the setting up of combat outposts in Iraq.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:06 Unidentified Speaker WELCOME, EVERYBODY. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT FILM. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE SEEN IT. I AM TOUCHED...
00:14:54 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH, GENERAL. AND AMBASSADOR, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS FILM POSSIBLE. IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY...
00:17:11 Unidentified Speaker cIT WAS REMARKABLE THAT OUR LEADERS IN BAGHDAD AND HERE IN WASHINGTON, BEGAN TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM...
00:20:12 Unidentified Speaker AND nrIMPLEMENTING wcw3okTHAT PARADIGM WAS SOMETHING THAT i]cofaOUR TROOPS FOUND DIFFICULT DEPENDING...
00:25:44 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANKS KIM. I AM RETIRED GENERAL TIM DUBECH, AND I WILL CALL IT STICKY DURING THE SURGE PERIOD....
00:30:16 Unidentified Speaker WE HAD NEW RECRUITS AND AS WELL AS FORMER OFFICERS AND N.C.O.'S FROM EVERY SECT. INCREASING THE NUMBERS...
00:37:22 Unidentified Speaker I AM COLONEL DAVE SUTHERLAND AND I AM REPRESENTING THE BRIGADE COMMANDERS FROM THE SURGE AND THOSE...
00:51:13 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS MICHAEL GORDAN, I AM A REPORTER FOR THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND I AM NOT REPRESENTING ALL...
01:01:26 Unidentified Speaker THANKS SO MUCH. NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A MICROPHONE HERE....
01:02:14 Unidentified Speaker COLLIN CLARK, MY QUESTION TO MILITARY GENTLEMEN, THE SIMILARITIES TO AFGHANISTAN SEEM PRETTY EERIE...
01:02:37 Unidentified Speaker GENERAL DUBIK.
01:02:38 Unidentified Speaker I WILL START. THIS IS A PRETTY EASY ONE FOR ME TO ANSWER. THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN THE...
01:04:40 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT FIRST OFF, I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE HAVING WORKED FOR GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL AND...
01:07:13 Unidentified Speaker K.T.MCFARLAN, FOX NEWS, YOU MADE THE POINT THAT THE AWAKENING HAPPENED FIRST, AND THEN THE AMERICAN...
01:07:35 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT IF I MAY. I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THE OMBAR AWAKENING AND THE TRIBAL MOVEMENT,...
01:10:37 Unidentified Speaker I WILL PIGGYBACK ON YOUR ANSWER, IT'S CORRECT THAT CHRONOLOGICALLY THAT THE SUNNI A WAKENING STARTED...
01:11:18 Unidentified Speaker AND I THINK WE HAVE TO CREDIT THE ACTIVITY OF OUR COMMANDERS AND ACTUALLY SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES TO...
01:12:28 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. LIZ CHENEY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COLONEL SUTHERLAND, I WAS WONDER ING IF YOU COULD TALK...
01:13:01 Unidentified Speaker WE WOULD FIND THE WORSE AREA THAT AL QAEDA WAS, AND WE COULD TELL BECAUSE THE WOMEN WOULD START BEING...
01:17:05 Unidentified Speaker WE WOULD PICK THESE AREAS AND LOOK AT THE GREATEST SECOND AND THIRD ORDER OF FACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE....
01:19:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS FANTASTIC EVENT. I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE...
01:21:22 Unidentified Speaker AND DO NOT THINK THAT YOU ARE EXEMPT. THANK YOU. MACON, STANDING IN THE BACK, AND DESERVES EXTRAORDINARY...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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