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Lt.Gen. '''H.R. McMaster''' is the current [[National Security Advisor]] to President [[Donald Trump]]. McMaster is thought to share the views of many [[Russophobe]]s and, according to ''[[Politico]]'', of the establishment analysis which ignored the motives of [[jihad]]ists in order to please [[Barack Obama]].  

Lt.Gen. '''H.R. McMaster''' is the current [[National Security Advisor]] to President [[Donald Trump]]. McMaster is thought to share the views of many [[Russophobe]]s and, according to ''[[Politico]]'', of the establishment analysis which ignored the motives of [[jihad]]ists in order to please [[Barack Obama]].  

<ref>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/mcmaster-has-the-islamophobes-worried-good-214815 </ref>

<ref>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/mcmaster-has-the-islamophobes-worried-good-214815</ref>

==Soldier-scholar==

==Soldier-scholar==

McMaster holds a Ph.D in American History from the University of North Carolina. His dissertation is a harsh criticism of [[President Lyndon Johnson]], [[Robert McNamara]], and the [[Joint Chiefs]] conduct of the [[Vietnam war]]. With a clear reference to Vietnam-era news reporting, McMaster  answered punctiliously how journalists' thinking fits into strategic thinking after the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005, “body counts are completely irrelevant.” <ref>https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/body-counts-are-completely-irrelevant-h-r-mcmaster-the-new-national-security-advisor/ </ref>

McMaster holds a Ph.D in American History from the University of North Carolina. His dissertation is a harsh criticism of [[President Lyndon Johnson]], [[Robert McNamara]], and the [[Joint Chiefs]] conduct of the [[Vietnam war]]. With a clear reference to Vietnam-era news reporting, McMaster  answered punctiliously how journalists' thinking fits into strategic thinking after the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005, “body counts are completely irrelevant.” <ref>https://leftistcritic.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/body-counts-are-completely-irrelevant-h-r-mcmaster-the-new-national-security-advisor/</ref>

His dissertation was turned into a book, ''Dereliction of Duty'', which was recommended and widely read in the [[Pentagon]] by the next generation of [[combat]] leaders. The ''[[New Yorker]]'' summarizes it saying, "[T]he Joint Chiefs of Staff, knowing that Johnson and McNamara wanted uncritical support rather than honest advice, and eager to protect their careers, went along with official lies and a split-the-difference strategy of gradual escalation that none of them thought could work."

His dissertation was turned into a book, ''Dereliction of Duty'', which was recommended and widely read in the [[Pentagon]] by the next generation of [[combat]] leaders. The ''[[New Yorker]]'' summarizes it saying, "[T]he Joint Chiefs of Staff, knowing that Johnson and McNamara wanted uncritical support rather than honest advice, and eager to protect their careers, went along with official lies and a split-the-difference strategy of gradual escalation that none of them thought could work."

==Iraqi insurgency 2007-2008==

==Iraqi insurgency 2007-2008==

:''Main article:'' [[Troop surge]]

:''Main article:'' [[Troop surge]]

[[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===

McMaster and his staff in field tried to teach soldiers to distinguish between [[nationalist]]-minded [[Sunni]]s and [[Salafi]] extremists, a distinction that, in the war’s first two years, American soldiers were rarely able to make; they were simply trained to fight “bad guys.”

McMaster and his staff in field tried to teach soldiers to distinguish between [[nationalist]]-minded [[Sunni]]s and [[Salafi]] extremists, a distinction that, in the war’s first two years, American soldiers were rarely able to make; they were simply trained to fight “bad guys.”

The strategy focused on building an Iraqi [[nationalist]] identity of Muslims against ''takfiri'', or Muslims who shed their Islamic identity. This Muslim unity call of Arabs, Kurds, Turkomen, Sunni, and Shia, was intended to counter the Sunni-Shia divisions which spurred genocidal attrocities.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/04/10/the-lesson-of-tal-afar </ref> This [[globalist]] approach to using Iraqi [[nationalism]] to strengthen Muslim unity, however is not without critics.

The strategy focused on building an Iraqi [[nationalist]] identity of Muslims against ''takfiri'', or Muslims who shed their Islamic identity. This Muslim unity call of Arabs, Kurds, Turkomen, Sunni, and Shia, was intended to counter the Sunni-Shia divisions which spurred genocidal atrocities.<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/04/10/the-lesson-of-tal-afar</ref> This [[globalist]] approach to using Iraqi [[nationalism]] to strengthen Muslim unity, however is not without critics.

==Afghanistan==

==Afghanistan==

McMaster's next assignment was to examine the roots of a growing insurgency in [[Afghanistan]] where he found a very different war. Lack of public support for the government of [[Hamid Karzai]] was predicated on corruption exacerbated by massive amounts of foreign aid dumped into the country. The abuse of official positions of power for personal gain, McMaster told interviewers, “is robbing Afghanistan of much-needed revenue, undermining rule of law, degrading the effectiveness of state institutions, and eroding popular confidence in the government.” The  ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' published an article saying that trying to stop corruption in Afghanistan is like trying to stop the tides. McMaster told the ''Journal'' that view is seen as “bigotry masquerading as cultural sensitivity.”<ref>https://m100group.com/2012/05/12/h-r-mcmaster-the-warriors-eye-view-of-afghanistan-by-david-feith/ </ref>

McMaster's next assignment was to examine the roots of a growing insurgency in [[Afghanistan]] where he found a very different war. Lack of public support for the government of [[Hamid Karzai]] was predicated on corruption exacerbated by massive amounts of foreign aid dumped into the country. The abuse of official positions of power for personal gain, McMaster told interviewers, “is robbing Afghanistan of much-needed revenue, undermining rule of law, degrading the effectiveness of state institutions, and eroding popular confidence in the government.” The  ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' published an article saying that trying to stop corruption in Afghanistan is like trying to stop the tides. McMaster told the ''Journal'' that view is seen as “bigotry masquerading as cultural sensitivity.”<ref>https://m100group.com/2012/05/12/h-r-mcmaster-the-warriors-eye-view-of-afghanistan-by-david-feith/</ref>

But why did the [[Taliban]] collapse so quickly in 2001, he asks. “The fundamental reason was that every Afghan was convinced of the inevitability of the Taliban’s defeat.”

But why did the [[Taliban]] collapse so quickly in 2001, he asks. “The fundamental reason was that every Afghan was convinced of the inevitability of the Taliban’s defeat.”

:“Hope you will be able to choose your team, have direct reporting and daily access to [[POTUS]], and can eliminate Strategic Initiatives Group.”

:“Hope you will be able to choose your team, have direct reporting and daily access to [[POTUS]], and can eliminate Strategic Initiatives Group.”

The Strategic Initiatives Group was headed by [[Steve Bannon]],<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/susan-rice-urges-hr-mcmaster-get-rid-stephen-banno/ </ref> who was ousted from the [[National Security Council]] staff within weeks, and Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland's departure was announced days later.

The Strategic Initiatives Group was headed by [[Steve Bannon]],<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/20/susan-rice-urges-hr-mcmaster-get-rid-stephen-banno/</ref> who was ousted from the [[National Security Council]] staff within weeks, and Deputy National Security Advisor K.T. McFarland's departure was announced days later.

==See also==

==See also==