COIN in a non-state environment

[slapout9]

Hey Slap,
I believe they still call it surrogate warfare. Loosely translated...get someone else to do the dirty work. Back then as I recall, there wasn't even a mention of this in Army doctrine (for probably very good reasons if you had been with members of 5th group where I was ).

Company C-3rd Battalion-5th Group We need an Islamic Los Pepe's' group.

[Stan]

Company C-3rd Battalion-5th Group We need an Islamic Los Pepe's' group.

Say, you don't mean like the soldiers that put a terminal end to Pablo Escobar's drug trade, do you

Good Company

[slapout9]

Say, you don't mean like the soldiers that put a terminal end to Pablo Escobar's drug trade, do you

Good Company

Sorta, I think they call it by, with and through now days. I think the world sees us as a bunch of white boys with guns trying to tell everybody else what to do, and they don't like it. However if you can find a local(indigenous group) that you can align with because you have the same objectives (reason to fight) things are a lot easier. And if you are really smart and leave personal ideologies and beliefs out of it and just concentrate on common goals you might just make a few friends.