Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
From a non-military armchair:

1) What does my formation (specify below battallion) gain from fighting a Small War?
2) Small Wars: 'Fighting to learn' in pre-deployment training -v- 'Learning to fight' from experience in the field? Discuss.
3) If intelligence is the 'key' why is it in so many silos?
4) I'll tell you what I need to fight a (tactical level) Small War - bottom up!
5) A 'light touch' approach to COIN wins (historical examples), so how did we end up with "acronym soup" and B1 / B52 support? (Sheer prejudice that).
For a non-military armchair, that's a pretty good understanding of the issues. Must be some chair you've got there!