Quote Originally Posted by Entropy View Post
Steve does make a good point however, better, more realistic doctrine can potentially improve militry advice given to policymakers.

Still, let's say we started updating FM3-24 tomorrow - when would the revisions be complete? 3-4 years maybe?
IMO the problems, while significant, are largely nuance. If one just went through the current manual and addressed those points of nuance it would only take 3-4 weeks.

So, 3-4 weeks to make the fixes, 3-4 years to get such a manual approved.

Or, as WILF suggests, merely label all citizens who support violent opposition to the government as enemies of the state (regardless of the fact that they often have no legal options to effectively oppose the state) and kill them. Simple and effective. These are problems that can be easily suppressed if we would simply man up and deal with them. 4 out of 5 dictators endorse this option (the 5th was assassinated by his royal guard and unavailable for comment).