Quote Originally Posted by Michael C View Post
...they repeatedly stress that successful policies are not new, they are old. They hold up successful past COIN as the examples.
Can you give me an example of a successful 'COIN operation' since WW II by the US where a large number of troops were committed to assist another nation?

Or one by any western nation in another nation or area even when that western nation was the de-jure government of the territory involved in which the TTP used would be acceptable today?