Ruling Party Melt-down and the End of the EU project in Ireland | 144 comments (144 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: No one! (4.00 / 2)

Alternatively, you can engage your troops in small-scale conflicts far from your country (say, Afghanistan)....

"People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them." - Jean Monnet

by Melanchthon on Fri Dec 3rd, 2010 at 03:20:30 PM EST
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Re: No one! (4.00 / 2)

No, that gives you the wrong skills. COIN is a completely different game than conventional war. Just ask Georgia...

(even if you obviously will learn some good things)

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Fri Dec 3rd, 2010 at 05:06:38 PM EST
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Re: No one! (4.00 / 2)

Yeah, but they're not doing COIN in Afghanistan...

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Dec 3rd, 2010 at 05:09:57 PM EST
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Re: No one! (none / 1)

Since McCrystal/Obama, they are.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Sat Dec 4th, 2010 at 07:04:29 AM EST
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Re: No one! (4.00 / 2)

In this context, it is irrelevant. What matters is what your enemy is doing, and there's certainly not doing conventional war.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sat Dec 4th, 2010 at 07:18:33 AM EST
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