Comments on: U.S. Response To Insurgency Called A Failure http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_response_to_insurgency_called_a_failure/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:32:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anthony C http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_response_to_insurgency_called_a_failure/comment-page-1/#comment-19933 Anthony C Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6731#comment-19933 Krepinevich was a counter-insurgency wallah before he ever got into the RMA and Net Assessment business. Surely you've heard of "The Army and Vietnam"? He spent most of his military career arguing that a) the US Army doesn't really get COIN and b) they really don't WANT to face up to it. I believe he teaches graduate courses on the Vietnam War at Johns Hopkins, too, though these days he seems to concentrate on the Net Assessment side of it. Krepinevich was a counter-insurgency wallah before he ever got into the RMA and Net Assessment business. Surely you've heard of "The Army and Vietnam"? He spent most of his military career arguing that a) the US Army doesn't really get COIN and b) they really don't WANT to face up to it. I believe he teaches graduate courses on the Vietnam War at Johns Hopkins, too, though these days he seems to concentrate on the Net Assessment side of it.

]]> By: M. Murcek http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_response_to_insurgency_called_a_failure/comment-page-1/#comment-19934 M. Murcek Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6731#comment-19934 Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

]]> By: John Anderson http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/us_response_to_insurgency_called_a_failure/comment-page-1/#comment-19935 John Anderson Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=6731#comment-19935 Even Kerry says "we" don't have enough personnel or means to really handle the situation. What he and many others fail to take into account is that "we" includes the Iraqis - and numbers of police and army are coming into play, complete with great knoweldge of the language and culture of the country and greater opportunity for development of intel sources. --- Even Kerry says "we" don't have enough personnel or means to really handle the situation. What he and many others fail to take into account is that "we" includes the Iraqis - and numbers of police and army are coming into play, complete with great knoweldge of the language and culture of the country and greater opportunity for development of intel sources.

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