My Share of the Task (84 page)

Obama, Barack, 292, 299, 313, 333, 349, 350, 352, 355, 356, 385, 388

Afghanistan assessment and, 316, 333, 343, 344–45, 349, 350–51

Afghanistan troop levels and, 284–87, 306, 333, 351, 356, 358–60, 363

elected president, 283–84

McChrystal's meeting of, 288–89

West Point speech on Afghanistan, 358–60, 363, 375

Odierno, Ray, 10, 50, 104–5, 111, 262–63, 366–67

Odierno, Tony, 104

Olson, Eric, 116, 133, 278

Omar, Abu, 209, 210

Omar, Mullah, 74, 264, 308, 313, 314, 358, 386

Operation Desert Storm, 52

Operation Eagle Claw (Iranian hostage rescue mission), 23, 24, 25, 34–36, 45, 51, 60

Operation Just Cause, 50

Orwell, George, 87

Owens, Kevin, 290, 317

Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, 24

Pakistan, 68, 69–70, 77, 79–80, 264, 280, 281, 288, 319, 326–29, 330, 350, 359

Afghanistan's border with, 327

Al Qaeda in, 113, 124, 285, 292

Federally Administered Tribal Areas in, 326, 328

Taliban in, 281, 282, 323, 328, 357–58

White House assessment of, 283

Palestine, 107

Panama, 47, 50, 60, 65

Patterson, Anne, 327

Patton, George, 40

Pelosi, James, 16

Pentagon, 78

McChrystal's father at, 78–79

9/11 attack on, 73, 79

Obama's election and, 284

Pentagon Papers, 352

Pershing, John, 135

Petraeus, David, 39–40, 70, 72, 102, 105, 238, 254, 255, 257–58, 261–62, 266–68, 343, 345, 366, 376

congressional presentation by, 268–69

Sadr City firefight and, 268

Peyton, Kate, 271

Poland, 383–84

Porch, Douglas, 123

Potter, Gregg, 262

Pottinger, Matt, 297

Powell, Colin, 62

Predator UAVs, 137–40, 142, 157, 177

Punimata, Nick, 60–61

Purdy, Donny, 386

Rahman, Amir Abdur, 327

Ralston, Joseph, 69

Rangers, 25, 35, 39, 44, 45, 56, 60, 93, 96, 158

1st Battalion, 38

2nd Battalion, 25, 60, 62–64

3rd Battalion, 45–48, 60, 62, 99

in Afghanistan, 74

Creed of, 65–66

discipline in, 47

foot marching in, 46, 63

in Iraq, 180, 182, 183

McChrystal in, 45–48, 60, 62–64, 65–67

in Operation Just Cause, 50

planning in, 46–47

in Ramadi, 238–40

training in, 63–64, 67

transformation of, 45–46

Ranger School, 25–27, 30

Rasmussen, Anders Fogh, 294, 360

Reagan, Ronald, 19, 37

reconciliation and reintegration programs, 244–46, 247, 259–61, 353–54

Rice, Condoleezza, 110, 188, 190, 259

Ridgway, Matthew, 9, 27–28

Riedel, Bruce, 285

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The” (Coleridge), 389

Robert the Bruce, 390

Rodriguez, Dave “Rod,” 10, 27, 48, 116, 266, 278, 280, 283, 287, 288, 299, 304, 313, 330, 332–34, 337, 343, 347, 354–55, 363, 364, 368, 378, 386

Rodriguez, Ginny, 278

Rogers, Bernard W., 31

Rolling Stone,
379–80, 387–88, 390

Rumsfeld, Donald, 80–81, 188, 190, 191, 212, 246

Russia, 383

Sacolick, Bennet, 97, 124, 152–54, 170, 192

Sadat, Khoshal “Kosh,” 371–72, 375

Saddam Hussein, 79–80, 82, 83, 84, 90, 94, 100, 101, 102, 105, 128, 132, 157, 248, 258

bin Laden and, 192

capture of, 110–12, 120, 122, 200

sons of, 84, 101

suspected weapons of, 80, 84

Sadr, Baqir al-, 258

Sadr, Mohammad Sadeq al-, 256

Sadr, Muqtada al-, 122, 131–32, 204, 256, 267, 377

Saleh, Amrullah, 335, 362, 372

Sanchez, Ricardo, 101, 111–12, 136, 147

Sattar Abu Risha, Sheikh, 241–42, 243

Sattler, John, 158–60

Saudi Arabia, 51–54, 68, 130, 281

Scaparrotti, Mike, 304, 305, 332, 360

Schwartz, Norty, 78

Schwarzkopf, Norman, 51

Scott, Dave, 109

screening operations, 199–203

at Bagram, 123–24, 347–49

improvements made to, 201–2, 348

and McChrystal's Director of the Joint Staff appointment, 279

task force screening facility, 198, 201–3, 207–8, 218, 234

SEALs, 158, 180, 182, 183, 192–93, 255–56, 271

Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam
(Ellsberg), 352

Sedwill, Mark, 364, 372, 381, 382, 383, 386

Seize the Fire
(Nicolson), 155

Sekander, Kabir, 341

Senate Armed Services Committee, 82, 260, 289–90, 360

Seven Pillars of Wisdom
(Lawrence), 98, 184–85

Shapiro, Jeremy, 317

Sharia Committee of Ansar al-Sunnah, 263

Shea, Timothy M., 184

Sherman, Matt, 377

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 287

Shia Islam, Shias, 130

Maliki and, 266, 267

Sunnis and, 122, 130, 131, 198, 204–5, 252

60 Minutes,
350–51

Skelton, Ike, 291

Sky, Emma, 263

Slim, William, 182–83

Smith, Greg, 387

Snow, John, 188, 190

Soldier and the State, The
(Huntington), 351

Somalia, 59–60, 249–50, 268, 270–71

Somoza, Anastasio, 33

Sons of Iraq, 262

Soviet Union, 37, 48–49, 50, 264–65, 280–81, 282, 319, 327, 332, 381

Special Forces, 32–33, 41, 96

in Afghanistan, 74

history of, 32

McChrystal in, 23–24, 31, 32–34, 47

in Vietnam, 32

Stark, Freya, 3

Stavridis, James (Jim), 345

Stollsteiner, Michel, 300

Stone, Doug, 348

Street Without Joy
(Fall), 295

Strickland, Megan, 34

Strickland, Nora, 34

Strickland, Steven, 34

Sudan, 68, 69, 75

Sudani, Abu Taha al-, 249

suicide bombings, 167–68, 171–73, 179, 183, 184, 186, 203, 314

in Afghanistan, 265, 314, 341, 386

Amman hotel, 197–98, 214

Taliban and, 265, 314

Suleimani, Qassem, 259

Sunni Islam, Sunnis, 120–22, 175–77, 179, 218, 242–44, 266, 308

Al Qaeda and, 186–87

Awakening movement, 241, 243, 247, 252, 262

insurgents, 112, 129–31, 135, 136, 144, 148, 171, 195, 225, 236, 247, 252

Shias and, 122, 130, 131, 198, 204–5, 252

Wahhabism, 119–20, 121, 130

Sun Tzu, 352

Swackhamer, Staff Sergeant, 26

Swan, Guy, 10

Syria, 172, 204, 252

Tabor, Dave, 99, 100, 102

Taliban, 68, 69, 71, 74, 77, 94, 194, 264, 276, 281–83, 308–10, 314–15, 317, 318, 322, 323, 331, 341, 343, 348, 350, 359, 365

additional forces deployed to combat, 284–87, 289

Al Qaeda and, 265, 281

beginning of operations against, 74

bin Laden and, 281

Dadullah Lang in, 264–65, 308, 314, 320–21, 375

debate on defeat of, 352–53

elections and, 336

groups within, 308–9

Haqqanis and, 304

in Helmand Province, 319, 320–21, 326, 363–70, 373–75

in Kandahar, 378, 381

Karzai and, 282, 299, 308, 314, 319, 370–71, 375, 382

layha
(rule book) of, 313–14, 386

Marjah offensive and, 363–70

Najibullah and, 297

overthrow in 2001, 281–82, 299, 319

in Pakistan, 281, 282, 323, 328, 357–58

reintegration program and, 353–54

rise to power, 281

senior leadership in, 308, 309, 313–14

suicide bombs used by, 265, 314

and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, 355, 357

vaccination programs and, 314

Tampa I meeting, 116, 118

Task Force 714 92, 108, 109, 366, 380, 392

Al Qaeda as focus of, 175–76

Bagram conference of, 122–24

battle rhythm regimen of, 162–63

country task forces of, 111
n

creation of, 36, 45, 51, 92

entrepreneurship and free thinking valued in, 155, 164

Green,
see
Green

intelligence operations in, 156

Iraq forces of, 158

Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) and, 117–19, 168, 169, 170

McChrystal's command of, 82, 92–96, 98–100, 107, 109, 110, 151–52, 162, 213, 250

McChrystal's first trip to Iraq as commander of, 99–107

McChrystal's leaving of, 279, 283

Multi-National Force and, 173–75, 176, 179

National Security Agency and, 154

network built by, 148–50, 153–56, 165, 237–38, 240–41, 242

operations and intelligence (O&I) video teleconferences of, 162–65, 178, 213

reinvention of, 93

Taylor, Pete, 41

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, 358

Tenet, George, 116

Thailand, 23–24

Thawachi, Lieutenant, 23, 24

Thayer, Sylvanus, 12

Thompson, C. W., 99

Tillman, Patrick (Pat), 132, 279, 289

Time,
32

Townsend, Frances (Fran), 188

Trafalgar, Battle of, 148

Trinquier, Roger, 123

Two Viet-Nams, The
(Fall), 18

UH-60 Black Hawk, 3, 6

United Nations (U.N.), 107–8, 120, 131, 314, 355

unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 137–40, 142, 145

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) 53, 71, 83, 94, 95, 158, 159, 175, 202, 208, 212, 219, 254, 366

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), 83, 94, 157

Valentine, Rudy, 290, 293

Van Cleave, John, 152

Vieira de Mello, Sergio, 107

Vietnam: A History
(Karnow), 351

Vietnam War, 17–19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 37, 38, 45, 48, 355

Afghanistan War compared with, 351, 356

end of, 19

McChrystal's father in, 17–18, 21, 390

My Lai Massacre in, 12, 15, 18, 28

Special Forces in, 32

West Point and, 12, 15

Vines, John, 45, 48, 70–71, 183

Vollmer, Joerg, 305

Voltaire, 1

Wahhabism, 119–20, 121, 130

Wail, Abu, 261, 263–64

Wardak, Abdul Rahim, 276–77, 329–30, 335, 360, 362, 372, 386

Warner, John, 82

Washington, George, 391

Washington Post,
306, 344

Welch, Casey, 4, 394

Wesa, Tooryalai, 381–82

Westmoreland, William, 351

West Point:

cheating scandal at, 15–16

code of honor at, 15–16

McChrystal at, 8–22, 23, 25

Vietnam War and, 12, 15

Williams, Richard, 150

Winters, Ed, 192–93

Wolfe, Ken, 64

Woodward, Bob, 306, 344

Yousef, Ramzi, 68, 69–70

Zahir, Haji Abdul, 374

Zahir Shah, Mohammed, 280

Zakir, Qayyum, 375

Zar, Abu (Mohammad Rahib), 194–95, 198–99, 201, 203–6

Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 84, 89–92, 107–8, 112, 115, 119–22, 128, 129, 136, 138, 141, 144–45, 147, 156, 159–61, 167, 170, 172, 173, 175, 176, 183, 196, 205, 213, 214, 222, 225–32, 247, 250, 266, 271, 277, 309, 314, 380, 391, 392

Abd al-Rahman and, 216, 217, 220, 221, 226, 227–31

al-Masri and, 203, 213

Al Qaeda and, 152, 161, 166

Amman bombings and, 197–98

Ansar al-Sunnah and, 247–48

background of, 193–94

Berg's death and, 135

Bin Laden and, 120–21, 152, 161, 166, 209, 236

death of, 231–36, 265

elections and, 176–77

intercepted truck and, 146–47, 202–3

leadership of, 171, 235

legacy of, 236

Maqdisi and, 176, 193–94, 196, 197

National Security Council meeting on, 188–91, 193

networks of, 147–49, 156–58, 190, 194

propaganda film on, 213–14

speeches of, 170–71, 176, 197, 198, 235–36

Zawahiri and, 120–21, 152, 161, 196–97, 236

Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 49, 75, 265

Zarqawi and, 120–21, 152, 161, 196–97, 236

Zavodsky, Dennis, 304

Zazai, Sher Mohammad, 364, 370

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