A U.S. Army helicopter gunner looks out of the back door of a Chinooktransport helicopter at the Afghan countryside (Balint Szlanko).
The Pentagon's 21st Century Counterinsurgency Wars: Latin America and South Asia -- Scoop
More than half a year after the departure of the George W. Bush administration the United States is embroiled in its largest combat operation since the second attack on Fallujah in November of 2004 and the most extensive and lengthy offensive in its nearly eight-year-old war in Afghanistan.
It has also announced plans to intensify its involvement in the 45-year counterinsurgency war in Colombia with deployments of 1,400 additional soldiers and contractors to five more military bases there.
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My Comment: This is a very long review and analysis of U.S. counterinsurgency policy (from a somewhat libertarian) and critical point of view. But unlike most analysis from such organizations, I did enjoy reading this one. It is simple to read, and while there is a certain amount of opinion that I do not agree with in this piece, I must also confess that there are many nuggets of information provided by this writer that I was not aware of before.