SWC strategy: what future improvements are needed?
SWC faces the problem of now being a long-lived forum, with a hard core of regular contributors and different views, e.g kingjaja from Nigeria. Alongside for the American majority maybe thinking 'small wars' are in retreat, so let's move along now.
A member has suggested this thread for a discussion about future improvements for SWC / Blog / Journal.
Yes there are previous, relevant threads. Such as Recruiting for SWC members because.... and That's you SWC: the most vibrant professional debates
Fundemental Transformation
Just like the Marine Corps Must change if it is going to survive so must the SWC/Journal. I say we should transform from the Small Wars Journal to the Marine Warfare Journal and along with the new name it would provide a new Strategic Angle on the future of advanced Marine /joint /combined forces operations.
COINdinistas and COINtras
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Great interview, but what bothers me and what I think is starting to impact the SWJ site was how the last question was phrased about the debate between COINdinistas and COINtras. It is a shame that if some of us are opposed to our 2006 and 2014 versions COIN doctrine manuals that automatically means we're opposed to studying COIN. We even had one bonehead post that he was surprised that SWJ even allows Bing to post articles on SWJ because he is opposed to our COIN doctrine. Obviously hasn't been around SWJ long.
It is time to move beyond the COINdista and COINtra argument and discuss what small wars we need to engage in to protect our interests, and how we should engage is still open, it is not predetermined by FM 3-24.
To me a COINdista is someone who blindly embraces the current FM, not someone who advocates we need to be prepared to conduct COIN. That is a big difference, not a nuance that seems to be lost in the discussions.