http://washingtonindependent.com/9683/mckiernan-not-hot-on-sons-of-afghanistan-idea National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/9683/mckiernan-not-hot-on-sons-of-afghanistan-idea/comment-page-1#comment-30374 Understanding Government » Blog Archive » MCKIERNAN NOT COUNTERINSURGENCY COOL Mon, 11 May 2009 20:35:59 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=9683#comment-30374 [...] was commander for just 11 months. What most interested me about McKiernan was that he made clear that Afghanistan is not analogous to Iraq: the counterinsurgency tactics that worked in a relatively modern, urban Middle East country [...] [...] was commander for just 11 months. What most interested me about McKiernan was that he made clear that Afghanistan is not analogous to Iraq: the counterinsurgency tactics that worked in a relatively modern, urban Middle East country [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/9683/mckiernan-not-hot-on-sons-of-afghanistan-idea/comment-page-1#comment-36469 Joshua Foust Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:06:15 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=9683#comment-36469 This is good news -- McKiernan definitely has the right idea (I'd seriously wonder if you can have a "community-based sense of security" AND a "connection to the government" in the heavily tribal areas). This tells me the problem is not lazy theatre commanders, but jerk politicians trying to shortcut their way to the White House. This is good news — McKiernan definitely has the right idea (I'd seriously wonder if you can have a “community-based sense of security” AND a “connection to the government” in the heavily tribal areas). This tells me the problem is not lazy theatre commanders, but jerk politicians trying to shortcut their way to the White House.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/9683/mckiernan-not-hot-on-sons-of-afghanistan-idea/comment-page-1#comment-7436 Joshua Foust Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:06:15 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=9683#comment-7436 This is good news -- McKiernan definitely has the right idea (I'd seriously wonder if you can have a "community-based sense of security" AND a "connection to the government" in the heavily tribal areas). This tells me the problem is not lazy theatre commanders, but jerk politicians trying to shortcut their way to the White House. This is good news — McKiernan definitely has the right idea (I'd seriously wonder if you can have a “community-based sense of security” AND a “connection to the government” in the heavily tribal areas). This tells me the problem is not lazy theatre commanders, but jerk politicians trying to shortcut their way to the White House.

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