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Originally Posted by zraver
On a side note- if the article was not so unabashedly pro-airpower it would be a textbook Mike Sparks piece.
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There was a point in the article where I was beginning to wonder if it was a Mike Sparks or Mike Sparks inspired piece, but the lack of a clue about the slat armor on the Stryker (no longer open for criticism since the M113s use the same slat design!) provided confirmation that it wasn't him. Having not read any of the author's other writings, I don't know if I'd go so far as to make it out as an extreme pro-airpower, although it certainly comes through a lens of airpower. I think the most likely reason for the slant is that the author simply isn't knowledgeable about ground power - anybody that throws accolades on GEN Tommy Franks like this piece did just isn't read into OIF.