Comments on: Tom Ricks and COIN http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2009/07/28/tom-ricks-and-coin/ Sparking Debate on Important National Security Issues Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:57:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shogun http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2009/07/28/tom-ricks-and-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Shogun Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:01:11 +0000 http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/?p=369#comment-80 I agree--Ricks' "analysis" is confusing at best. He tirelessly advocates population-centric COIN and then spends the rest of his time lamenting its failure. You're probably right that he views pop-centric COIN as effective and its implementation as ineffective, but this doesn't come through as clearly in his writings as it should. Isn't it frustrating to hear the CNAS crowd talk about how everyone who disagrees with them just "doesn't get it," and then to see people like Ricks and Exum look for scapegoats when their "strategy" fails? I agree–Ricks’ “analysis” is confusing at best. He tirelessly advocates population-centric COIN and then spends the rest of his time lamenting its failure. You’re probably right that he views pop-centric COIN as effective and its implementation as ineffective, but this doesn’t come through as clearly in his writings as it should.

Isn’t it frustrating to hear the CNAS crowd talk about how everyone who disagrees with them just “doesn’t get it,” and then to see people like Ricks and Exum look for scapegoats when their “strategy” fails?

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