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That's a good point. I should clarify - I'm looking for an example from the US experience.

I'd be curious to know which aspects of our ROE in Afghanistan are unacceptable and why. Specifically, I would like to see either...
a) the quoted portion from the unclassified version
b) a clear...

There is the insurgency, as a movement, and the individual insurgents. I think whether your actions are taken to counter one or both depends on the situation - primarily what stage of development...

Wilf,
We're not in disagreement. I'm just saying that I can see us going down those paths if the current crop of Soldiers who have done nothing but COIN react in the same way to a future HIC as the...

Good point.

I don't know if this is the analogy that you had in mind, but as I read your comment, I thought about why the Army opted to ignore Vietnam and focus on HIC in the 70s and 80s. A...

For the most part, I agree with COL Gentile. However, I am not overly concerned largely for reasons that Rob stated about COIN not being as widely embraced as many seem to think it has. It was...

I have been waiting and hoping that he would put his thoughts into a well-developed article, rather than the distilled versions that he was forced into by editorial constraints of newspaper op-eds....