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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
There is nothing wrong with the doctrine since it has worked in previous insurgencies, i.e Northen Ireland, Malaya, South Korea. It would also have worked in Vietnam if the US had not pulled out.
I would argue that the problem was one of application, US/UK/NATO tried to apply the doctrine on the cheap: too few men, too little money, just enough to keep the lid on. No clear goals going in on what the desired end state was and what type of regime would be preferable in Kabul or Baghdad.
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How can you say that our efforts in Vietnam worked when we had been be using them since the late 50's and had some advisers in combat from 1961 our strategy failed miserably in Vietnam we spent over ten years trying to fight the insurgency in one way or another and failed.