The Col. Gentile collection and debate

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It won't sort itself out in a fashion that will be to our liking,

I agree: regardless of how many kinetic vs. COIN ops we run.

The paradoxes in FM 3-24 are nothing more than Sun Tsuisms for the 21st Century.

I didn't find any paradoxes in Sun Tsu. I'd say it was more of a philosophy that the right thing to do depends on a number of factors. Whose correct in this dispute about tactics? Both and neither. It depends. But if neither tactic will achieve the objective, then it's neither.