Huh? I've never gotten the impression that the German high command ever felt that their counterinsurgency wars in Yugoslavia or behind their lines in Russia resulted in success. I've read several accounts from their Generals pointing out how many men and resources they tied up in these guerilla wars, which were desperately needed elsewhere at the fronts.
For those familiar with his writings, does Luttwak instead have in mind the example of the destruction of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto? I've never really thought of that as an exercise in counterinsurgency, more like levelling a fortified city in your rear. If he feels that the way to defeat the Iraqi insurgency might include sealing off and killing everybody in Sadr City, Ramadi, or wherever, then we have moved a long way from liberating Iraqis from tyranny and bringing them democracy.
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