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... Surge and Destroy - Michael Smith, Sarah Baxter and Jerome Starkey, The Times . ...

Blog entry - Jul 4 2009 - 3:42pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

... takes the current U.S. approach as the starting point and adds 1) a more detailed theory of the conflict that highlights the ... come to the table or you die. This has been a real push, a surge that has to be taking its toll on talibs/AQ. We need to bring these ...

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

... written under the auspices of then-LTGs David Petraeus and James Mattis in 2006, is inappropriate for Mexico.  ... the popular lexicon since the success of the “surge” in Iraq and President Obama’s embrace of the ... propaganda, and demonstrations) and violence to destroy reformulate or sustain the basis of legitimacy . . . .  (emphasis ...

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

... is the control the government gains when the enemy is dead and gone. Control only exists when it is being applied, and it exists via the ... expensive mission with limited hope of success. Use the surge to fight the Taliban, and then we maintain a much smaller presence for ...

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

... were obviously false when made, disproved by both history and logic. COIN – Now we see that ... Or is the real and only difference that one is part of the Surge and the other is not? Just some questions to provoke, more to follow ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 7:07am - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... commitment to Afghanistan--even if it means raising taxes and expanding the military--she was surprisingly friendly. And, after Nagl ... the incomplete FOB consolidation - pushing the "surge" forces into PBs and COPs - dismantling AQI networks - killing and ...

Blog entry - Jan 4 2010 - 12:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... Thinking Critically about COIN and Creatively about Strategy and War An Interview with Colonel Gian ... increased this year in Afghanistan, "they would need to surge as well." Veteran militant leaders, many with a long history of open ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 7:37pm - 83 comments

... Can you point out the purpose of the military and of the use of military force in countering an insurgency? After all, the ... PUK and KDP territories? We did pop-centric COIN or "the Surge" might be an acceptable answer for some... but it doesnt get us any ...

Journal Article - Jan 26 2011 - 5:54am - 79 comments

... Death of the Armor Corps by Major James Smith and Major James Harbridge Download the full article: A Combined Arms ... that took place by Heavy Brigades during the 2007 Iraq Surge. So you ask, "Could we do it?" It is apparent that we already have.' ...

Journal Article - Jun 1 2010 - 4:36pm - 78 comments

... critics acknowledge that it is regarded as "transcendent" and has "become the defining characteristic of the...new way of war." This ... forces and firepower to mass effectively against our surge, poor logistics, and has no Army and Joint airpower. Re: FM 3-24 COIN ...

Journal Article - May 5 2011 - 8:01pm - 73 comments