From bad to worse: why the forgotten war is failing

JALU3 · 10-13-07, 10:05 PM

Previous successful COIN operations has included several things:
1) Providing a continuous security dominance in any population center of consequence
2) Controlling the routes of movement to inhibit insurgency forces from having impact on those population centers
3) Creating a network of government and infastructure services which the populace uses. This allows the government to gain the trust of the people.
4) Provide economic growth programs which betters the life of the populace, thus allowing the government to grow the trust of the populace.

10-13-07, 10:05 PM	#1
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Previous successful COIN operations has included several things: 1) Providing a continuous security dominance in any population center of consequence 2) Controlling the routes of movement to inhibit insurgency forces from having impact on those population centers 3) Creating a network of government and infastructure services which the populace uses. This allows the government to gain the trust of the people. 4) Provide economic growth programs which betters the life of the populace, thus allowing the government to grow the trust of the populace. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One