Quote Originally Posted by TheCurmudgeon View Post
I Never looked at that as a COIN "problem". I did explore it as an issue of forced assimilation. I may have a few journal articles that look at it from that perspective if you are intersted.
I am interested in taking a peek at them.

Would you agree or disagree that the suppression of Native Americans displayed elements of successful COIN principles, such as population control measures?

I got on this path of query because I thought about the issue during my visit to the Castillo De San Marcos at St. Augustine, FL. There were several historical presentations about captured Indian warriors who were imprisoned in the fort for a space of time.

I spent a lot of time thinking on the Indian Wars and realized that I only have a topical level of knowledge about them, which does not necessarily support my casual belief that the Indian Wars are an example of effective COIN.