Dishonest doctrine

Armed Forces Journal by Ralph Peters | Feb. 15, 2008 (Opinion)
A selective use of history taints the COIN manual

To wit, the most over-cited bit of nonsense from the manual is the claim that counterinsurgency warfare is only 20 percent military and 80 percent political. No analysis of this indefensible proposition occurred. It was quoted because it suited the pre-formulated argument. Full Story »

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 by Ben Ross - Feb. 15, 2008

great opinion piece as per 'Armed Forces Journal' standards.... very hard to dispute...while not much is said about everything/ anything else happening with war or wars. Peters is unafraid to speak of killing as a means to impose security. I wish Ralph Peters was a News Trust reviewer...he seems to have a cool take on events and documents.

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