An error plagued war? Guess it depends on the definition. To me the Americans fought the Gulf War and Afghanistan and Iraq and won very easily indeed. If we are talking a conflict compared to WWII I don't see many errors. Overwhelming force coupled with uncontested air superiority etc. etc.
Not even a comparison to Vietnam where you had a competing force launching major scale offensives.
Frankly I think the surge has shown that the US Army can do whatever military job assigned to it given the mandate and resources. To me the failure has been entirely political and had zilch to do with the army.
That's where all the mistakes have been made!!!!
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