Implications From Operation IRAQI FREEDOM for the Marine Corps

By F J “Bing” West & MajGen Ray L Smith, USMC (Ret) MajGen Richard C. Schulze Memorial Essay Geopolitics At the broad level of geopolitics, the significance of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) was an increase in what may be called “the deterrent quotient”; that is, nations antithetic to the United States will tread more cautiously.

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