Kilcullen Speaks: On COIN Going Out of Style, His Recent Book, Syria, and More
02.13.2014 at 02:52am
Kilcullen Speaks: On COIN Going Out of Style, His Recent Book, Syria, and More by Tom Ricks, FP’s Best Defense.
Best Defense: What do you make of the whole "anti-COIN" movement? David Kilcullen: It's natural for people to ask "What comes after Afghanistan?" and "Was it all worth it?" There's a legitimate questioning of whether the right decisions were made in orienting the military to COIN in 2005-6. Also, people are looking at Iraq these days and wondering whether we lost friends and colleagues in vain.
