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:''For globalists who defend McMaster, see [[McMasterites]]''

:''For globalists who defend McMaster, see [[McMasterites]]''

Lt.Gen. '''Herbert Raymond "H. R." McMaster''' (born July 24, 1962)  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. '''Herbert Raymond "H. R." McMaster''' (born July 24, 1962)  is the current [[National Security Advisor]] to President [[Donald Trump]]. McMaster is a [[liberal]] [[globalist]] and 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>

Traditional American counter-insurgency doctrine cuts deeply against the Army’s institutional instincts which focus on combat operations.  The  most recent field manual at the time was two decades old, focusing on hunting people and an approach called “kill-capture,” similar to the "search and destroy" methods used in Vietnam. Ultimately there are more insurgents than when they started.

Traditional American counter-insurgency doctrine cuts deeply against the Army’s institutional instincts which focus on combat operations.  The  most recent field manual at the time was two decades old, focusing on hunting people and an approach called “kill-capture,” similar to the "search and destroy" methods used in Vietnam. Ultimately there are more insurgents than when they started.

Counterinsurgency warfare is twenty per cent military and eighty per cent political, McMaster argues, using the classic doctrine developed by the British in [[Malaysia]] in the 1940s-50s. The focus of operations is on the civilian population: isolating residents from insurgents, providing security, building a police force, and allowing political and economic development to take place so that the government commands the allegiance of its citizens. A counterinsurgency strategy involves both offensive and defensive operations, but there is an emphasis on using the minimum amount of force necessary. From Iraq McMaster collaborated remotely with Petraeus in Fort Leavenworth on revision of the Army's Counterinsurgency Field Manual.

Counterinsurgency warfare is twenty per cent military and eighty per cent political, McMaster argues, using the classic doctrine developed by the British in [[Malaysia]] in the 1940s-50s. The focus of operations is on the civilian population: isolating residents from insurgents, providing security, building a police force, and allowing political and economic development to take place so that the government commands the allegiance of its citizens. A counterinsurgency strategy involves both offensive and defensive operations, but there is an emphasis on using the minimum amount of force necessary. From Iraq, McMaster collaborated remotely with Petraeus in Fort Leavenworth on a revision of the Army's Counterinsurgency Field Manual.

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 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.

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==

==Views==

==Views==

McMaster does not believe that [[Islamic terrorism]] is actually [[Islam]]ic.<ref>Klein, Aaron (August 15, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/08/15/video-mcmaster-muslim-terrorist-groups-really-un-islamic-irreligious/ VIDEO – H.R. McMaster: Muslim Terrorist Groups Are ‘Really Un-Islamic,’ ‘Irreligious’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref>

McMaster does not believe that [[Islamic terrorism]] is actually [[Islam]]ic.<ref>Klein, Aaron (August 15, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/08/15/video-mcmaster-muslim-terrorist-groups-really-un-islamic-irreligious/ VIDEO – H.R. McMaster: Muslim Terrorist Groups Are ‘Really Un-Islamic,’ ‘Irreligious’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> McMaster endorsed a 2010 book by U.S. military officer Youssef H. Aboul-Enein which called [[Hamas]] an "Islamist political group" rather than a terrorist group and which labeled al-Qaida  and anti-Israel attacks as "resistance."<ref>Klein, Aaron (August 18, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/08/18/h-r-mcmaster-endorsed-book-calls-jihad-peaceful-al-qaida-terrorism-resistance/ H.R. McMaster-Endorsed Book Calls Jihad Peaceful, Al-Qaida Terrorism ‘Resistance’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 18, 2017.</ref>

The [[Zionist Organization of America]] (ZOA), a conservative and pro-[[Israel]] organization analyzed McMaster in 2017 and found that he holds anti-Israel positions and is a threat to President Trump's conservative, [[America First]] foreign policy agenda.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (August 9, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/09/exclusive-zionist-organization-of-america-analysis-determines-mcmaster-hostile-to-trump-calls-for-reassignment/ Exclusive –Zionist Organization of America Analysis Determines McMaster Hostile to Trump, Calls for Reassignment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref><ref>Hull, Christopher C. (August 11, 2017). [http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/11/report-on-mcmaster-report-proves-fired-staffer-right/ Report On McMaster Proves Fired Staffer Right]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> ZOA stood by its criticisms of McMaster even after other Trump Administration officials urged it to change its position,<ref>Shaw, Adam (August 14, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/14/zionist-organization-of-america-doubles-down-on-criticism-of-under-fire-h-r-mcmaster/ Zionist Organization of America Doubles Down on Criticism of Under-Fire H.R. McMaster]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> and it noted that McMaster was supported by anti-Israel groups.<ref>Shaw, Adam (August 16, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/16/zionist-organization-america-says-h-r-mcmaster-backed-left-wing-israel-bashers/ Zionist Organization of America Triples Down: H.R. McMaster Backed by ‘Left-Wing Israel Bashers’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2017.</ref>

The [[Zionist Organization of America]] (ZOA), a conservative and pro-[[Israel]] organization analyzed McMaster in 2017 and found that he holds anti-Israel positions and is a threat to President Trump's conservative, [[America First]] foreign policy agenda.<ref>Boyle, Matthew (August 9, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/09/exclusive-zionist-organization-of-america-analysis-determines-mcmaster-hostile-to-trump-calls-for-reassignment/ Exclusive –Zionist Organization of America Analysis Determines McMaster Hostile to Trump, Calls for Reassignment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref><ref>Hull, Christopher C. (August 11, 2017). [http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/11/report-on-mcmaster-report-proves-fired-staffer-right/ Report On McMaster Proves Fired Staffer Right]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> ZOA stood by its criticisms of McMaster even after other Trump Administration officials urged it to change its position,<ref>Shaw, Adam (August 14, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/14/zionist-organization-of-america-doubles-down-on-criticism-of-under-fire-h-r-mcmaster/ Zionist Organization of America Doubles Down on Criticism of Under-Fire H.R. McMaster]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 15, 2017.</ref> and it noted that McMaster was supported by anti-Israel groups.<ref>Shaw, Adam (August 16, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/16/zionist-organization-america-says-h-r-mcmaster-backed-left-wing-israel-bashers/ Zionist Organization of America Triples Down: H.R. McMaster Backed by ‘Left-Wing Israel Bashers’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2017.</ref>