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Small Wars Journal: Sisyphus and Counterinsurgency
About a month ago, I was asked to deliver a short presentation to the Canadian Army on tactical counterinsurgency lessons learned over the past years in Iraq. What initially seemed like an easy task quickly became difficult as I synthesized the complex and varied experiences of US Army units into relevant and concise points transferrable to a foreign army. After a long night, I produced ten observations that reflect enduring lessons from Iraq that would resonate with military audiences. They are: Learn from the past. Learn to ask understanding questions. Data is not understanding. Mass all of your resources to achieve the objective. Security matters. Population control is critical for success. Build human infrastructure alongside the physical. Understand perceptions matter far more than truth Communicate effectively. more depth at the Adobe pdf source document - see link Posted by: 3dc 2008-09-22 |
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