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... pal Niel Smith argues that the Army has institutionalized counterinsurgency so poorly that officers can fool themselves into embracing ... and deepening relationship with the U.S. military, whose leaders have increasingly turned to Mortenson, once a shaggy mountaineer, to ...

Blog entry - Apr 18 2011 - 7:06pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

... the mythical ten to one force ratio prescribed for counterinsurgency (Department of Defense [DoD], 2007, p. 1-13). Download ... in Malaya was the reserve of very capable military leaders (particularly those from the old Indian Army) that had fought in Burma ...

Journal Article - Jan 15 2011 - 7:33am - 25 comments

... In the last decade, we jumped from pre-emptive war to counterinsurgency, and we are now moving to Foreign Internal Defense ... I argued that the interaction of our civilian and military leaders, plus the interjection of the democratic public after a time, result in ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency - Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. There are ... There is also a niave pursuit by Coalition Force political leaders in London and Washington DC to pursue a Kabul-centric approach to ...

Blog entry - Jul 25 2010 - 3:27am - 47 comments - 0 attachments

... Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say by David ... "But they are hard to articulate with an Army and senior leaders who've been doing this for nine years and are morally committed to it ...

Blog entry - Jan 12 2011 - 7:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... A counterinsurgency strategy based on the now-famous Field Manual 3-24, written ... into the round hole of insurgency. Political leaders, such as Congressman Connie Mack (R-FL), Chairman of the Western ... with the author. He argues our COIN doctrine won't work against the Mexican cartels, and on that point I agree. All the supposed ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 5:10am - 42 comments

... domestic policies of their government. B: Insurgent leaders and organizations will emerge from such populaces, and if denied ... in which the central government is the centrepiece of our counterinsurgency plan is destined to fail. It disenfranchises the very fabric ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... the effectiveness of the "mailed fist" approach to counterinsurgency. People like Luttwak, Peters, and Scheuer have proposed it ... diverge is that you seem to think if we give the insurgent leaders the means to participate legally within the existing government ...

Blog entry - Jul 5 2011 - 8:00am - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... His Own Troops, Too - New York Times Afghan Leaders Voice Strong Support for McChrystal - Associated Press Can ... Karzai's erratic remarks. Although I believe the current counterinsurgency strategy is too ambitious for our budget and too restrictive ...

Blog entry - Jun 23 2010 - 5:04am - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... and emotionally to the perplexing challenges of counterinsurgency and master new competencies as well as new contexts. Those ... they have not yet coalesced around particular opposition leaders or parties. (We should *measure* their "Potential Energy" via polls ...

Blog entry - Feb 4 2011 - 4:19pm - 90 comments - 0 attachments