May
11
2008
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
I will be a guest on the Dennis Miller radio show Monday morning during the second half of the second hour.
You can find your local station here .
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May
08
2008
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
Entire High Value Target lists will be captured, incarcerated, interrogated, executed...or shot on sight.
But it will make little difference over the course of time. I have seen this with my own eyes.
The cemetaries of the world are filled with indespensible men and an insurgency is filled with despinsible men.
Pressure must be placed on insurgent networks and personnel. The insurgents must be hunted and disrupted. But the capture or killing of one or a few or many is not the goal.
The goal is to eliminate the insurgency's ability to operate.
Much in the way that the killing of Pablo Escobar did not eliminate or slow down the cocaine trade, the capture of the latest insurgent leader will not stop the terror and mayhem.
In the cocaine business, the potential for profit is to high for the vacuume not to be filled.
For the insurgent, it is the same, but the currency is the success of the movement.
The better allocation of resources is in those tactics that deny the insurgency the ability to succeed, rather than targetting successful insurgents.
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May
06
2008
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
Build a fence, a short fence.
Once you know who lives in a village or neighborhood, control the flow of people in and out through a physical barrier.
The regulation will be that the only way in and out will be through a designated gate(s). People leaving and exiting will be compared against the list of residents.
Those who are not supposed to be in the village or neighborhood will not be able to use the designated gate. They will have to cross the fence.
Make sure the fence is short enough to be crossed. You want people to able to jump the fence so you know who to target, track and observe. They will lead you to the insurgents.
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May
05
2008
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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The insurgent hides in plain sight.
Geneva Conventions, the so-called rules governing warfare, require combatants to wear uniforms or, at a minimum, bear arms to distinguish themselves from civillians.
The insurgent will not do this, for it would eliminate his only advantage--invisibility.
To take away the invisibility of the insurgent, make a perfect list.
Abraham Lincoln wrote, when laying out the strategies for winning an election--
"Organize the whole state, so that every Whig can be brought to the polls...
...Divide (the) country into small districts, and... appoint in each a subcommittee.
...Make a perfect list of all the voters and... ascertain with certainty for whom they will vote.
...Keep a constant watch on doubtful voters, and... have them talked to by
those in whom they have the most confidence.
...And on Election Day, see that every Whig is brought to the polls."
So to must the counterinsurgent follow these steps. An entire nation or province is too large, but a Company sized area of operations can be organized and a perfect list, complete with photos and possibly biometric data, developed and their family and political loyalties ascertained with a degree of certainty.
A constant eye can be kept on those who are suspicious. Have them talked to by those whom they trust and the counterinsurgents trust.
If evidence is obtained that they are insurgents, do not arrest them right away as they may unwittingly lead you to more.
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May
03
2008
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Saturday, 03 May 2008 |
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Bill Ardolino files a report from Sadr City.
Read the whole thing.
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