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Old 02-11-2008, 08:24 PM   #1
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Ineffective, big surprise

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/11/ran...ies/index.html
The Rand Corp. report characterizes "U.S. military intervention and occupation in the Muslim world" as "at best inadequate, at worst counter-productive, and, on the whole, infeasible." The Pentagon asked the nonprofit research organization to review strategies to thwart insurgents.

The study notes that U.S. military interventions can be risky as well as costly because of the tenacity of jihadists, "infected by religious extremism." It says massive military interventions against insurgencies usually fail.


(JUST like Vietnam)

Looking at some 90 conflicts since World War II, the report concludes that establishing "representative, competent and honest" local government is the way to go.

"Foreign forces cannot substitute for effective local governments, and they can even weaken their legitimacy," said co-author John Gordon. The study says the United States would have more success if the insurgency were defused early and it must develop ways to interpret early "indicators and warnings."

Along with building "effective and legitimate local governments," the report says the United States must do a better job of organizing, training and equipping local security forces, and gathering and sharing information.
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Old 02-12-2008, 05:43 AM   #2
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... establishing "representative, competent and honest" local government is the way to go.
Seems like we're doing that.

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. The study says the United States would have more success if the insurgency were defused early and it must develop ways to interpret early "indicators and warnings."
Classic second-guessing.

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... the United States must do a better job of organizing, training and equipping local security forces, and gathering and sharing information.
Seems like we're doing that, too.

What is it about these goals that is inadequate, counterproductive, or infeasible? Does anyone think these goals could have been achieved in the status quo of the pre-war era? If these are worthy goals now, and CNN via the Rand Corp seems to think they are, weren't they worthy goals then?
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