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The Jones Insurgency Model

... The Jones Insurgency Model   A Tool for the Prevention and ... example of a "claimed" successful Civil Goveranance from Iraq. Sometimes CG is not the only answer to insurgencies as it does not ...

Journal Article - May 18 2010 - 11:00am - 57 comments

Philippines a Model for Counterinsurgency

... Jim Michaels, USA Today. BLUF: "Though not widely known, the Philippines once threatened to become a hub of al-Qaeda... Since 9/11, the ... as the many Libyan freedom fighters who supported AQ in Iraq). Yet the two governments we actively sought to take down were the ...

Blog entry - Mar 30 2011 - 6:45am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)

... as a nation, are having a crisis of honor. Last week the Attorney General nominee Judge Michael Mukasey refused to define ... is a controlled drowning that, in the American model, occurs under the watch of a doctor, a psychologist, an interrogator and ... 2,000 terrorists, most of whom are being decimated in Iraq or martyring themselves in Afghanistan. It is a short sighted and ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

Design Theory and the Military’s Understanding of Our Complex World

... it not think? Download the Full Article Author’s Note: Before readers pull their hair ... I saw a fully functioning battle staff was with the 3/3 in Iraq in 2005/06 but that staff had been together for over three years. Did ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 11:30am - 79 comments

Rethinking Revolution: Introduction

... is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique for thinking, which helps the possessor to draw correct ... the last ten years --especially since one cannot equate Iraq to Afghanistan. We need to understand just "how" do say two events ie ...

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

DoD’s Combat Exclusion Policies Limit Commanders and Strain Our Current Forces

... Have FST and CSTs teams pushed the limits of the female exclusion in combat policy?  Is it time to adjust ... placed upon our all-volunteer force by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Gates said during a speech at Duke ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

How Afghanistan Ends

... Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How Afghanistan Ends This paper presents a scenario ... COIN and US Banana War COIN (colored by a few years in Iraq) that was all about exerting control over a region and populace for ...

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

The COIN Approach to Mexican Drug Cartels: Square Peg in a Round Hole

... A counterinsurgency strategy based on the now-famous Field Manual 3-24, written under the auspices of then-LTGs David ... trust than on applying the lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq to Mexico. The level of violence perpetrated by or on behalf of ...

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

The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency

... The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency - Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. ... they knew that with the world focused on the USA'S efforts Iraq, they could get it finished without scrutiny. In words similar to Rhett ...

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

The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD

... The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD by Jimmy A. Gomez ... Infantry Division Staff in Afghanistan 2004-2005 and in Iraq 2006-2007. The Targeting Process: ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments