From the John Robb - "Global Guerrillas Chimes In" post earlier...
Robb takes more than a few liberties in claiming intellectual property rights on COIN related issues. Looks like a hurt ego is the crux of his post. Kilcullen on the other hand has a genuine interest in our "boots on the ground".... but not here - so go here - Strategy wars: Lots of discussion of Kilcullen.
Council member ZenPundit also addresses this thread here - Debating Counterinsurgency.
You be the judge on what Robb has to say in his blog entry.
As an endnote - Robb has this to say about FM's continuing fixation on Dave's works:...it's interesting to see how Kilcullen is drawing from the pool of theory very similar to global guerrillas.
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Anyway, its flattering that this guy is repurposing ideas I've already explored (he is not a plagiarist by any measure!). The only problem is that since he is merely repackaging it, he seems to lack the intuitive grasp necessary to translate it into viable strategy. As a result, his counter-insurgency recommendations are bland gruel of little import.
Once again our theorists know better than our guys who are living and breathing this stuff. I would not take so much exception to Robb - except - well - he seems to be wrapped up into himself and not a player when push comes to shove.Fab, you did a great job kicking the crap out of the 28 articles. Bravo.
I am one "knuckle-dragger" that would go to war with Kilcullen.
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