Bill,

I use the definition for GG and two-part test that I provided earlier in this thread. I realize this is a commonly used term, and probably has many "official" definitions. I would never promote taking on the task of the definition that you provided, as it is the entirety of "Effectiveness" plus "Utopia"! (Even SF couldn't make that happen )

No, my definition and test trys to narrow this down to what I see as most important to address to have the best shot at defusing the violence in an insurgency and bringing it into phase 0 zone of normal ups and downs.

The key is to use polling of the populace as your primary metrics. Actually, I created a model for for this type of targeting that JSOTF-P has been employing for determing what projects to take on, where, etc for best effect. Coltroup briefed it at the last PASOC. He seemed to be pleased with the results, but you have better data than I do in that regard.