Article

2020-08-16 Southeast Asia

Pentagon: Counter-Extremist Efforts Have Hardly Eroded IS in Philippines

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-16 02:30|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 COIN is pretty much a bad joke everywhere at this point.

Some people never learn.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-16 02:59|| 2020-08-16 02:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Bureaucrats everywhere think the same. If they couldn't operate without strict rules and regs governing their organization they think that no one else can either.

Gotta have org charts and meetings or you don't exist.

Posted by AlanC 2020-08-16 07:41|| 2020-08-16 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 "These groups continue to operate in the southern Philippines where separatist groups and hard boy groups have existed for decades. [W]e have seen little progress in improving the economic, social, and political conditions in that part of the country."

Ding ding ding.

These Muslims were acting up before the US occupation in 1898. Not gonna change now. Especially with the government in Manila who neglects them. The whole thing is none of our beeswax.

Posted by Elmung Hatrack5948 2020-08-16 15:35|| 2020-08-16 15:35|| Front Page Top

23:32 Skidmark
23:23 Sleresing Phater1606
23:03 Clem
22:59 Clem
22:35 gorb
22:34 Skidmark
22:32 Skidmark
22:30 gorb
20:59 jpal
20:08 European Conservative
19:58 M. Murcek
19:44 M. Murcek
19:41 M. Murcek
19:33 M. Murcek
19:05 charger
19:03 charger
18:51 trailing wife
18:49 Besoeker
18:48 CrazyFool
18:39 rjschwarz
18:34 charger
18:01 DarthVader
17:53 Clem
17:23 European Conservative