You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation. — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work. — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency. — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
One is the goals of 9/11 itself, of that attack was to draw the United States into Afghanistan to fight a counterinsurgency… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
Offensive operations and hunting down the enemy is an integral part of any counterinsurgency approach. — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody,… — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
“Thus counterinsurgency is at heart an adaptation battle: a struggle to rapidly develop and learn new techniques and apply them in a… — David Kilcullen Copy Share Image
Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Military leaders, many of whom were students of counterinsurgency, recognized the dangers of an incremental escalation and the historical lesson that 'trailing'… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
“McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical successes did not translate into a strategic victory. This was… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area,… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
I think indeed our response on counterinsurgency needs to be finely tuned to the needs of Afghanistan. This is not Iraq. We… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one… — Robert Parry Copy Share Image
Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic position… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
Just in time for the renewal of the war debate in Congress, the University of Chicago Press has released The U.S. Army… — David L. Ulin Copy Share Image
Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic positionThe… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
“My personal position on counterinsurgency in general, and on Iraq and Afghanistan in particular, could therefore be summarized as "Never again, but..."… — David Kilcullen Copy Share Image
The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
“How to measure progress has never been satisfactorily answered. In counterinsurgency almost no simple metrics used in a vacuum, such as the… — Douglas Grindle Copy Share Image
President Barack Obama started by accepting the military's counterinsurgency, but came out of Afghanistan having decided that counterinsurgency actually doesn't work. — Vali Nasr Copy Share Image
The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
There are some ideas that will translate from Iraq to Afghanistan and there are many that will not. The first lesson of… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
