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 Dwight Rousu - Feb. 15, 2008

Very little on sources, evidence, or nuance is present here. He reframes the message of the manual as a straw man and then throws spears at it. Murderous security that creates more enemies than it creates friends only delays defeat. I did not buy his assumption that Petraeus is a genius hero and the Iraq occupation is a model of success.

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