All warfare is "social, political, ideological warfare." That is what War is, is it not?. It's warfare if it uses violence, for those purposes.Originally Posted by Umar Al-Mokhtār
My point being I still fail to see the useful reason to differentiate COIN as something distinct from "War fighting", when history proves it is merely a modifying condition - or a condition requiring modification.
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Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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