Episode Notes
That is GEN Stanley McChrystal’s dream image of the totality of the COIN problem in Afghanistan.
What a mess.
It appears the West just can’t get counterinsurgency right. I talk about some of the framework ideas that would be good lessons learned for those who I think wisely and would try to avoid COIN. The major takeaway is that insurgencies are rather antifragile and bureaucracies are the enemy of effectiveness and innovation.
References:
Nassim Taleb: The Black Swan, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Douglas Porch: Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War
Write me at cgpodcast@pm.me
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