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Originally Posted by Fat Albert
Unfortunately, the establishment of a functioning government is one of the three major goals of having an effective counterinsurgency strategy. In DC, this may be the biggest obstacle to success and may not be attainable.
We were never able to achieve a stable functioning civil government in DC. This allowed the community organizers to convince enough of the population that they would be better off on their side...they won the "hearts and minds". We won most of the battles but had no winning game plan.
In Washington DC, there is a disfunctional government which can't even control the city where it resides. We don't control the "hearts and minds" of the populace because we are no less the "Ne'er-do-wells". We hold no ground and are subject to ridiculous ROE. We win all the battles and have no strategy or goals. Lastly, no lessons have been learned from past experience ie Carter administration!
Vote the bastards out with fire. Make it so hot they couldn't even consider attacking us again. God help'em if they're slow learners!
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