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Old Eagle
Without re-hashing the criticality the local population plays in COIN or playing the woulda, coulda, shoulda game, let me say that there is movement in the area of joint military-civilian action teams in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In AF, the original PRT Provincial Reconstruction Team) concept has matured over the years and provides a possible model for other environments. In Iraq, PRT is again on the table. There has been a lot of back and forth in the interagency arena over who ought to be doing what. In my mind, civilian experts need to be part of the advisory effort so that the Iraqis can assume more of the responsibility for their own destiny, sooner rather than later.
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