Some of Col Jones statements are too absolute to be useful.Originally Posted by slapout9
For example he talks about "failure of governance." In the three insurgencies, I know best, Sierra Leone, Algeria 1991-present and South Thailand 2004-present, there was no failure of governance.
In SL the bad guys came over the boarder and started killing, robbing and raping. It was criminal insurgency with no popular base. The solution was the kill the insurgents. Having a popular democratic government in Freetown made very little difference. I submit Angola showed some of the same problem, when Jonas Savimbi went "bush" after 92.
Thailand, most folks were fine, till some Muslim extremists started killing local Buddhist Thais, and terrorising folk.
Algeria was stable and functioning (not a democracy, but no arab country is) till an extremist minority started killing folks they didn't like.
What is more Muslims in England are no more subject to bad governance than I was when I lived there.
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