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[[CBS News]] commented, "Aside from [[David Petraeus]] himself, probably the most celebrated soldier of the [[Iraq War]] has been Col. H.R. McMaster."<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/col-mcmaster/ </ref> From August 2007 to August 2008 McMaster was part of an "elite team of officers advising US commander," General Petraeus.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/28/iraq.usa </ref> Eurasia analyst Lauren Goodrich<ref>https://www.stratfor.com/content/lauren-goodrich </ref> described McMaster as one of the chief architects behind CENTCOM strategy in the Iraq insurgency, and for [[Afghanistan]] and [[Syria]].<ref>https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/54/5492063_re-insight-iraq-afghanistan-general-observations-.html </ref>
[[CBS News]] commented, "Aside from [[David Petraeus]] himself, probably the most celebrated soldier of the [[Iraq War]] has been Col. H.R. McMaster."<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/col-mcmaster/ </ref> From August 2007 to August 2008 McMaster was part of an "elite team of officers advising US commander," General Petraeus.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/28/iraq.usa </ref> Eurasia analyst Lauren Goodrich<ref>https://www.stratfor.com/content/lauren-goodrich </ref> described McMaster as one of the chief architects behind CENTCOM strategy in the Iraq insurgency, and for [[Afghanistan]] and [[Syria]].<ref>https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/54/5492063_re-insight-iraq-afghanistan-general-observations-.html </ref>
==Reforming counter-insurgency doctrine==
===Reforming counter-insurgency doctrine===
From the time [[Baghdad]] fell in 2003, American leadership at the highest levels, beginning with [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]], were reluctant to admit an insurgency - an armed uprising against the new Baghdad regime - was taking place.
From the time [[Baghdad]] fell in 2003, American leadership at the highest levels, beginning with [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]], were reluctant to admit an insurgency - an armed uprising against the new Baghdad regime - was taking place.