en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/754202 Comments by Osher http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/01/07/rma-cold-war-end-for-army/#IDComment52155926 Thanks. Here's what I thought I was typing: Counterinsurgency isn't a good Strategy for very large populations and/or for very many Enemy nations such as those which enable the Rebels in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is especially a bad Strategy because we have rather low population and low money. Air and Naval Bombardment combined with Special Forces type Operations is way better. Anything that moves in several nations or on the borders of several nations is knocked out. If the Enemy takes over a city, then the city itself is knocked out by our Air/Naval bombardment with Special Forces type Operations. Osher Doctorow Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:22:36 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/01/07/rma-cold-war-end-for-army/#IDComment52155926 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/01/07/rma-cold-war-end-for-army/#IDComment51420393 I agree with Anon. Byron Skinner, you have to explain more what you mean about 21st Century Conservatives turning on one of their own and throwing out the baby with the bath water. Secretary of Defense Gates, by the way, needs to somehow be discussed here. He is a holdover from the G. W. Bush Administration, and he promoted Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz to his present position after sending him for training to the billionaire-government Frankenstein alliance, the "Council on Foreign Relations," which basically brainwashes Military leaders to kowtow to the Civilian line of Civilian Diplomacy and Civilian Espionage. Of course, Gates was CIA all the way before getting appointed. And how did he get appointed? The Carter-Clinton-Obama billionaires and even before that including the Rockefellers have several organizations include the Council on Foreign Relations and Trilateral Commission which have recommended Secretaries of Defense and State since Truman's time. Not one President since then has refused to nominate their recommendation, not even Reagan! Osher Doctorow Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:50:11 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/01/07/rma-cold-war-end-for-army/#IDComment51420393