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Counterinsurgency



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 organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict (JP 1-02). Stated another way, an insurgency is an organized, protracted politico-military struggle designed to weaken the control and legitimacy of an established government, occupying power, or other political authority while increasing insurgent control. Counterinsurgency is military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency (JP 1- 02)."

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