civilization collapse

Interesting AMA on Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1uba7f/i_am_colonel_retired_peter_mansoor_former/ Good questions - Do you think that the war in Afghanistan is or was winnable and could you please describe what you would consider a win? - What are the biggest lessons future Pentagon leaders should learn to avoid being another Rumsfeld? He is in this video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_vZw0gdwOw Here's the Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency that he edited  http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24.pdf Quotes: "You cannot fight former Saddamists and Islamic extremists the same way you would have fought the Viet Cong, Moros, or Tupamaros; the application of principles and fundamentals to deal with each varies considerably." "A counterinsurgency campaign is, as described in this manual, a mix of offensive, defensive, and stability operations conducted along multiple lines of operations." "Joint doctrine defines an insurgency as an organiz...