I found a nice article

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:55:35 +0000

In reply to ?In 2004, with the war in

I found a nice article deconstructing Galula to Petraeus some time back, noting the innate failure of both. Can't find it now, but our Counterinsurgency work seems overoptimistic & fatally flawed.

Here's 1 article that looks to be good at first glimpse:

http://www.nicholasmirzoeff.com/Images/Mirzoeff_WarIsCulture.pdf

?In 2004, with the war in

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:20:12 +0000

In reply to The Myth of the Surge

“In 2004, with the war in Iraq going from bad to worse, the US drafted in a veteran of Central America’s dirty wars to help set up a new force to fight the insurgency. The result: secret detention centres, torture and a spiral into sectarian carnage….

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I found a nice article

?In 2004, with the war in