Jocko Willink

He wrote it in an article.

It's like those combat outposts being built were bait.

You know, he didn't put them out there as bait.

He put them out there on the grand strategy of taking over the city, but it's like a salt lick.

You know, you start building this construction project in the middle of downtown Ramadi, the insurgents are absolutely going to attack you.

And when they do, my guys...

would be in an offset position, 200 meters away, 300 meters away, 400 meters away, looking down a long axis avenue of approach where the Mooj would come.

And they'd kill him.

And it was, you know, an ideal setup for us.

You know, and it was, when we started doing this, like, the amount of...

the amount of scrutiny for the 11AD, for General McFarland.

You know, he was getting scrutinized on the amount of combat that his guys were getting, the amount of casualties and the amount of killing that he was doing.

He was getting that scrutiny from the MEF.

And I was feeling the same thing.

And it was always like, please come see.

Come and see.

Come and see what's happening here.

It doesn't take long to figure out.

And thankfully, you know, they did.

You know, I had the CG sort of commander, who's a great guy at the time, came down, visited.