Bob's World

I am not debating with you that doing stupid things upsets the population, and a population that is against you makes your life harder - IT DOES IN ANY KIND OF WARFARE - look at the Nazis in Russia!

What I am disputing is your assertions that:

a.) that insurgencies can come legitimate grievances, and that addressing those should be part of the solution.
b.) That insurgencies are essentially social problems and not military.

If I have misrepresented your position then I apologise, but the historical record supports neither of those claims.

Yes, military force applied against the wrong people can be counter-productive. Applied against the right people it is generally decisive.