Not much to add to this one. Warden for me is something of a one-track recording. You need airpower in some situations, just like you need any sort of combat power. IMO our own LawVol did a much better job of showing how airpower can contribute to the non-kinetic fight here than anything I've seen from the colonel.
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
Rubbish. War cannot change and warfare evolves. Strategy is a function of politics, so strategic principles are political principles.PKG: Do the nature and character of war change?
JW: Yes to both but strategic principles seem to be fairly constant over very long periods.
As for the rest, there are a few other statements I catergorically disagree with but Ken White and Bill Moore got there quicker and with more style!
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
Originally Posted by William F. Owen
Wilf, everybody, it has been pretty mild compared to what I expected. But debate is good! If everybody agreed there would be no reason to post......there would be no reason for the SWCso let the fire bombing begin.
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