Depends on the context. What wins wars?Originally Posted by PJ Sage
That would be largely correctHowever, it seems from the sources, Sri Lanka really used a conventional military onslaught to defeat the LTTE.
The Sri-Lankans used military force to destroy the LTTE as an armed group. That is what works.Does anyone have any insight into what COIN techniques they tried to defeat LTTE?
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
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