The YPG is actively receiving both US and Russian CAS...BUT again is not attacking IS BUT largely FSA...though the mission of YPG was to attack IS...?? There were of course, since 2011, several previous essays to sketch a definition. On a single day, #Russia deliberately targeted 2 hospitals in #Syria. We could naturally go back and debate the question ...does in fact COIN as practiced by the US in AFG and Iraq...did it actually address the "hearts and minds"....I would argue that it did not. http://historicoblog3.blogspot.be/2016/02/mourir. Armed insurgencies are in general forms of extreme political conflict. Thirdly, we have to make «our» allies glue to precise ROE of not attacking civilians and non combatants,treat prisoners humanely, not exercising «symbolical» and unnecessary destruction, and not indulge in the use of forbidden weapons or unprovoked shelling or invasion of other countries. Yet it still clearly engages in attacks against civilians with the intent of causing fear. Russia is not the Soviet Union and this is not a new Cold War, no reason to act as if it is. [xix] Mao Tse-Tung, On Protracted War (University Press of the Pacific, 2001). In such situations, the population is more likely to support the government forces against those viewed as outsiders. IMO when we attempt to shape a strategic approach that offers a positive political outcome our military is unable to interlock with the intrigues of Byzantine governments and this failure means everything goes to shit. “I was getting in trouble and kind of stagnant in life. (Photo by Jason Lyall), by Michael Hotchkiss, Office of Communications, © 2020 The Trustees of Princeton University, Winning 'hearts and minds' in Afghanistan carries risks for civilians, Shapiro brings scientific analysis to terrorism and counterterrorism research, Survey shifts spotlight away from poor as key supporters of militants in Pakistan, Media Advisory: Princeton's Reynolds offers comments on recent instability in Chechnya, UPDATED: Q&A: Nobel Prize honors Colombian peace efforts, Michael Doran: America was not the main target on Sept. 11, Alumni Day honorees emphasize leadership, civility, Can Civilian Attitudes Predict Insurgent Violence? Abandon their time-honored (often religious-based) way of life, their time-honored (often religious-based) way of governance and their time-honored (often religious-based) values, attitudes and beliefs. Imai said the researchers are continuing their work on the topic, measuring changes in opinions and violence over time. Ba’athists in Iraq provide one such example, many of whom joined al-Qa’ida in Iraq and later ISIS. This does not suggest that a population-centric approach cannot work, just that it will be more difficult and less likely to succeed than if the demographics were different and the insurgents were more similar to the COIN forces, ethnically and/or religiously. Once the gunfire has quieted and the dust has settled, members of a unit of the U.S. military known as Civil Affairs come in and try to make restitution for accidental damage and death. And, in the place of these, to. I don't think either assumption is necessarily valid. Anyone who expected a peaceful transition to democracy in Iraq, Syria, or Libya was barking at the moon from the start. Insurgency is a set of tactics, but more importantly, *an* insurgency is a series of events linked in time, space, and purpose. We all felt awful and consoled the parents. Edited and added to a bit since my morning offering: So let me use Kilcullen (he, indeed, was my inspiration) to follow-up on my two --- different and distinctive -- counter-insurgency conflict models; those outlined in my comment immediately below: Kilcullen, in his "Counterinsurgency Redux," noted two different types of counterinsurgencies (and two different types of insurgencies).

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