What accounts for this pattern of outcomes in counterinsurgency (COIN) wars?. From Wordnik.com. [Chainsaw Safety | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
But I do think that the idea of a long-term counterinsurgency strategy working in. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Everything from great-power war to elective support to counterinsurgency is on the table. From Wordnik.com. [Conflict | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
I have a Guardian item up about our reliance on airstrikes in counterinsurgency situations. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Do They Read These Manuals?] Reference
Command to equip the first Air Commando Group engaged in counterinsurgency operations in South Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [Wheeler, James A.] Reference
One is improved training in counterinsurgency; another is at least slightly improved performance by Iraqi soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [Fiasco finale] Reference
The A1 was first used by the Air Force to equip the first Air Commando Group engaged in counterinsurgency operations in South. From Wordnik.com. [Wagener, David R.] Reference
The problem with viewing civilian development as a part of counterinsurgency is that the insurgents will blow up the development. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Does Anybody Know How to Do Development?] Reference
There are some fundamental questions that I would ask of those who are suggesting that we follow a long term counterinsurgency strategy. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. David R. Obey: We Owe It to Our Troops to Bring Hardnosed Realism to Whatever We Ask Them to Do] Reference
They know historically the record for winning a short-term counterinsurgency is not good, so they've once again sought out cultural expertise. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
The Spad was first used by the Air Force in counterinsurgency operations in South Vietnam, and later used in a variety of roles, including rescue missions. From Wordnik.com. [Sprott, Arthur R. Jr.] Reference
Of course, in dealing with attacks on populated areas -- the very heart of Terror War "counterinsurgency" -- this is a distinction without a difference. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There is a place for air power in counterinsurgency. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Counterinsurgency by Air] Reference
Which is not how counterinsurgency aka "guerrilla" wars work. From Wordnik.com. [Why the CF need combat help at Kandahar] Reference
A counterinsurgency is a contest for the loyalties of the people. From Wordnik.com. [What I Saw at Moba Khan] Reference
It was possible a counterinsurgency could be the wrong track for Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Obama’s Wars] Reference
“Most of the European forces, NATO forces, are not trained in counterinsurgency.”. From Wordnik.com. [Neo-Con Robert Gates Swallows Foot « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
"In counterinsurgency, that is so important because it is a complex situation," he said. From Wordnik.com. [When the facts get in the way] Reference
The issue is the efficacy (and hence the desirability) or aerial operations in counterinsurgency. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Counterinsurgency by Air] Reference
Which one of those countries did not receive training in the so-called counterinsurgency operations?. From Wordnik.com. [First World Solidarity Conference Holds Meeting Castro Addresses Solidarity Conference] Reference
"Afghanistan is not Iraq," Petraeus says, reminding that "every case is unique" in counterinsurgency. From Wordnik.com. [This Is Where The Good Times End | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
"We're fighting a counterinsurgency, and a counterinsurgency is a lot of very small battles," Brewster said. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-25] Reference
The Air Force, for example, “has taken to touting show of force missions as a vital tool in counterinsurgency.”. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Counterinsurgency by Air] Reference
There will have to be more assistance, more aid, more reconstruction and more of that so-called counterinsurgency fight - Kiran. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2009] Reference
JOULWAN: Well, it's going to be what is called a counterinsurgency strategy, which is going to be protecting population centers. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2009] Reference
Those troops were requested to fight the strategy of a counterinsurgency, which is the Obama administration's original strategy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2009] Reference
The number of regular troops should be the minimum number required to support counterinsurgency, which is 80% political and 20% force. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
Upperdate: The Globe reports the facts--but at the bottom of p.4, and the headline calls the counterinsurgency manual a "terror report". From Wordnik.com. ["Forces' terror manual lists natives with Hezbollah"] Reference
There are some fundamental questions that I would ask of those who are suggesting that we follow a long term counterinsurgency strategy. ". From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Obey Joins Us Idiot Liberals] Reference
They have changed from war fighting to counterinsurgency, which is much more of a police action and involves much more interaction with the Iraqi people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2008] Reference
One of the perversions of the branch of technocratic idealism that we now call counterinsurgency doctrine is its hostility to local authority structures. From Wordnik.com. [Cato @ Liberty] Reference
They don't really have experience fighting a kind of counterinsurgency like the one they face now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2009] Reference
And we will take you inside U.S. detention centers, where another kind of counterinsurgency is being waged. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007] Reference
The Marine grunts of Kilo Company had been trained to kill, not to practice "counterinsurgency," whatever that meant. From Wordnik.com. [Probing Bloodbath] Reference
In Vietnam's aftermath, "counterinsurgency" fell out of favor, to be replaced by the "Powell Doctrine" of relying on massive firepower to win wars. From Wordnik.com. [Conn Hallinan: Afghanistan: What are These People Thinking?] Reference
He was the top pick because of his reputation as someone who is familiar with asymmetric warfare, the kind of counterinsurgency going on in Iraq right now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 23, 2008] Reference
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