We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/coin_since_1066.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat] As a semi-history geek, it has been interesting watching the evolution of COIN in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most people in the know relate our modern COIN techniques in Iraq to more modern wars and successful or unsuccessful leaders. These wars and leaders are most often within the last two centuries. Whether it is Vietnam and Westmoreland or Gulula in Algiers and occasional comparisons to both World Wars (TE Lawrence WWI), the Civil War and our own Revolutionary War, we seek comparison and continuity through those wars and leaders we can most relate to. We compare or dispose of those... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/coin_since_1066.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/coin_since_1066.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:03:02 -0600