Carve this in stone: the first rule in Afghanistan should be, “Do no harm in Pakistan.” The second rule in Afghanistan should be, “If the solution to your problem is ‘fixing’ Pakistan, you’re screwed.” Earlier in this series, we dealt with counterinsurgency doctrine’s assumption of a self-contained battle space. We saw how U.S. attempts to [...]
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Drop Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, Part 6: Pakistan
Posted: March 26, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, COIN, counterinsurgency, India, nuclear weapons, Obama, Pakistan, Pashtun
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