From an Operational Art perspective, I think understanding when conditions offer opportunities to put your enemy at a further disadvantage - and enhance your own opportunities - they should be taken with few exceptions (meaning the operational risk is too great to the larger objective). In this case I think its a good fit. We have the kind of agility in the field to change gears and mass where opportunity presents itself - without losing much if any traction along other lines of operation and lines of effort.

Our tactical and operational commanders (and their staffs) are getting good at anticipating new developments, creating and seizing opportunities - through the understanding of the environment. A large part of setting the other conditions for our COIN efforts to succeed involve eliminating the enemy that can not or will not conform.

Best, Rob