Counterinsurgency Manual
NYT – A good article on the new counterinsurgency manual being put together. It looks to be littered with 4GW bullet points:
“The more force used, the less effective it is,” it notes.
“The more you protect your force, the less secure you are,” it asserts.
Stressing the need to build up local institutions and encourage economic development, the manual cautions against putting too much weight on purely military solutions. “Tactical success guarantees nothing,” it says.
There is no guarantee the manual will have any concrete ramifications but its nice to see someone get it and write it down. Also cool to see a quote from Conrad Crane in the article – from what’s out in the open he seems to have a grasp on open source warfare.
-Shlok
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