- How the US War in Afghanistan Fueled the Taliban Insurgency
In wars, and especially in counterinsurgency wars such as the American war in Afghanistan, it’s often said that killing civilians creates insurgents Gen Stanley McChrystal, who commanded
- The Runaway General: The Profile That Brought Down McChrystal
It’s “insurgent math,” as he calls it – for every innocent person you kill, you create 10 new enemies
- Counterinsurgency Math Revisited | Cato at Liberty Blog
As early as 2003, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld hinted at the potential mathematical problem when he asked, “Are we capturing, killing, or deterring and dissuading more terrorists
- Stanley McChrystal Under Fire: What Does It Mean For . . . - HuffPost
Despite the tragedies and miscues, McChrystal has issued some of the strictest directives to avoid civilian casualties that the U S military has ever encountered in a war zone It's "insurgent math," as he calls it - for every innocent person you kill, you create 10 new enemies
- McChrystal’s War - The American Conservative
This was “insurgent math”—kill one insurgent, and he will be replaced by two or more fighters Yet McChrystal also tells those assembled that ISAF must kill insurgents
- How the US Fueled the Taliban Insurgency - Type Investigations
In wars, and especially in counterinsurgency wars such as the American war in Afghanistan, it’s often said that killing civilians creates insurgents Gen Stanley McChrystal, who commanded US forces in the Afghan War, often referred to this as “insurgent math ”
- Its not about General McChrystal - U. S. Catholic
As the article says, "It's 'insurgent math,' as [McChrystal] calls it – for every innocent person you kill, you create 10 new enemies " The problem with this is that soldiers are built for war, as you see in a scene where McChrystal is trying to convince soldiers of the plan
- Counterinsurgency Math Revisited - Small Wars Journal
Counterinsurgency Math Revisited by A Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner – Cato Institute When does 32,200 – 60,000 = 109,000? That seemingly inaccurate equation represents the estimated number of Islamist-inspired terrorists when the war on terror began, how many the U S has killed since 2015, and the number that fight today And it begs
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