Troop Surge Belies Deeper Success of New Tactics in Iraq, Ex-Marine Tu

Kevin Mooney
March 3rd, 2008 10:10 AM
Iraq’s Anbar Province has awakened, the U.S. military is on the offensive, and Al Qaeda and is on the run but it is a mistake to assume this dramatic turnaround is exclusively the result of additional troops, J.D. Johannes, a former Marine and television news producer explained in an interview. Johannes traveled to Iraq with the Marine Corps unit he previously served with in 2005 with the…