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[winterbadger]

Indications that, under the right conditions, properly applied principles of counterinsurgency can produce good results in Afghanistan

Plenty of caveats, but this is how it's supposed to work, and it's a sign that it *can* work. But it will take time, troops, and skill to spread this pattern further, and it's not yet clear if America is prepared to devote those resources.

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's nice to see something going right. Let's hope it continues to go right.

I wonder who decided to send 1/5 Marines into Nawa? My guess would be General P. I suspect he's conducting an experiment there, and he probably knows the battalion commander by his first name.