Quote Originally Posted by SteveMetz
Oh my!
....but Steve, he cites a bit of your writing to support his argument:
....Consider the observation of Profs. Steven Metz and Raymond Millen, in their monograph Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21 st Century: Reconceptualizing Threat and Response, that during the past century most insurgencies failed.[4] Why did they fail? Because, Metz and Millen argue, the “majority were crushed before they developed a critical mass of skill and support".
Of course, it is a selective quote - a phrase out of a sentence out of context.....