If you've been unaware of the US Army's COIN Symposium at Fort Leavenworth, but want to know what all the hubbub was about, you need to check out the recaps at Travels with Shiloh. Here's a summary of the recaps:
- Recap 1: General overview
- Recap 2: Soviet COIN experience in Afghanistan
- Recap 3: Gentile Strikes Back
- Recap 3.5: "Courageous Restraint"
- Recap 4: The Big Picture
- Recap 4.5: Iago's Comments
- Recap 5: British COIN Perspectives
- Recap 6: Canadian COIN Perspectives
- Recap 7: Marine Corps and COIN
- Recap 8: Support the Tribes or the Central Govt?
You now have your weekend reading assignment. Enjoy.
Insanity has defined as continuing to do the same things and expecting different results.
COIN is nothing new. You are never going to win a war where the people don't like you, they don't want you there, they have nothing invested in your victory and you've killed a lot of them and their relatives.
Posted by: a weary warrior/loggie | 28 May 2010 at 01:50 PM
It can't last- to COIN a phase.
Posted by: Ray | 30 May 2010 at 06:01 AM