Charlie Rose - Colonel H.R. McMaster

Colonel H.R. McMaster is known as one of the leading experts on counterinsurgency warfare in the U.S. military. In 2005-2006 he led the effort to clean out the restive city of Tal Afar in northwest Iraq, and he's recently served as an adviser to Gen.
David Petraeus. Here's a look at a recent conversation I had with the Colonel about the state of the war and what the U.S. military has learned about combating an insurgency.

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[Morgoth295]

from a historical p.o.v. the u.s. military has yet to lose a war. i know what ur probably thinking: VIETNAM. yeah but let me tell u we one nearly every battle; we "lost" cuz the home front lost the will to fight, not the military. and the current military strategy in iraq (dont think that i support the war though) is working albeit slowly. if you can provide any statistics and evidence to back up ur claim, im really interested (honestly).

[FruitpunchFTW]

No need to Bash the Colonel though..he did, ultimately, what he was told to do..

[armyveteran101st]

Brigadier General McMaster is one of the best and brightest Army officers, He won the Battle of 73 Easting as a Captain during Desert Storm in 1991, and in doing so redefined the role and tactics of modern armored formations in warfare. I will be surprised if he doesn't end up rising to the top of our military establishment eventually. One day we will see him as Army Chief of Staff, or maybe even as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. I didn't serve under his command, but I am a big, big fan of his.

[armyveteran101st]

@Morgoth295 That's right, but to say that we lost in Vietnam is not really accurate. The home front may have lost the will to fight due to incompetence on the part of the civilian leadership, but every single fight with the NVA and the VietCong was won by the U.S. Military, hands down. We did not suffer military defeat in Vietnam. We suffered the incompetence of a set of civilian leaders who had no clue of what their goal was, and therefore had no well-defined strategy.

[lvrpatriot01]

am i the only one that thinks the Col looks and sounds like Christian Bale?

[MrMachupo]

Way to rock the crossed Sabers, Sir. Tojours Pret!

[crazee240]

H.R. McMaster will go down as one of the great Generals of military history. Having served under him, i can tell you he is not only highly intelligent, an amazing leader, but he was one of the most approachable officers i have ever met. He was always one of the guys and could drop "F" bombs with the best of them! He has all the bases covered and as others here have said "i'd follow him through the gates of hell"! Nomad 07 (RET)

[EADuran1]

I served with BG H.R McMasters and must say he is one hell of a leader!!!!!! Army Strong.

[dietercav82]

i served in the 3rd acr in OIF 3 and he is a great leader and i would follow him into the gates of hell

[BubbaBrazille]

help me understand what you're talking about. What does VE Germany have to do with today's conflicts? Any comparison is a stretch of the imagination. But I'm apparently not bright so, keep doing what you're doing because it's gone so well for you so far.

[agdog02]

You're are not bright. Why don't you educate yourself of post VE Germany.

[agdog02]

I don't think you know BG McMaster; he wouldn't agree with the anti Bush administration rants that continue to get the thumbs up. Give Obama 3 more years and you will truely see the depths of failure. Than again he'll just blame Bush and the lemmings will lap it up.