Quote Originally Posted by Cavguy View Post
Highly recommend discussing (and reviewing) the emotion over tanks spilled in this thread:

http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=3951

You'll see where I stand.

Armor has no inherent goodness or badness in COIN, only effects by the user.
I guess the supposed need for armour tends to indicate that the insurgency is moving to Phase 3 where the insurgents are holding ground and launching counter offensives. Maybe it means things are not going so well for the Marines in Helmand?