Blogging the McChrystal Review - Changing the Culture Posted by Michael Cohen

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ISAF must now adopt a fundamentally new approach. The entire culture - how ISAF understand the environment and defines the fight, how it interacts with the Afghan people and government, and how it operates both on the ground and within the coalition - must change profoundly.

This sort of begs an obvious question; McChrystal is arguing for a wholesale change in military culture not just among US troops, but among all the members of the ISAF coalition. Why does he think this is realistic or even achievable? This seems particularly relevant when one considers that domestic support in NATO countries for the current mission is declining precipitously. It's one thing to counsel this for the US Army, but McChrystal is pushing for a multi-national change in culture and military tactics.

Wouldn't it make more sense, not to change the military culture so dramatically, but to work with what you have? I suppose on some level I applaud McChrystal's ambition, but I'm just not sure why he thinks ISAF can achieve the goal he has laid out.

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