Um what about the British involvement in Malaysia and Kenya in the 50's and Aden and Belize in the 60's - those were very successful COIN operations that used a very different approach than what the US has taken until the most recent stages of the Iraq conflict.
I think what it shows is that the Rambo/John Wayne type of tactics that the US army and marines has been so fond of don't really work all that well against a determined opposition. >I know Vietnam was a completely different conflict...i know that.....but two >lessons that were very clear from that conflict: > >1) It is extremely difficult to beat a determined local insurgency on their >own soil and >2) You cannot win if you force yourself to fight with your arms tied behind >your back > >So....what have we learned? > >On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yeah it's great, too bad we can't use them. >> > >-- >My therapist said not to see you no more >Said your like a disease, without any cure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259828 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
