Comments on: Counterinsurgency for Aid and Development Organizations http://alamanach.com/2009/06/03/counterinsurgency-for-aid-and-development-organizations/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:26:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alamanach http://alamanach.com/2009/06/03/counterinsurgency-for-aid-and-development-organizations/#comment-798 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:09:34 +0000 http://alamanach.com/?p=404#comment-798 Sekander–

Could you elaborate on that? My comments about Afghan people are based on my direct experiences, so they are necessarily limited. Perhaps you have your own experiences you could share?

I would also be curious to know, if you have the time to read it, what your thoughts on this piece would be: http://alamanach.com/2008/07/01/high-tea-in-kandahar/ .

]]> By: Sekander http://alamanach.com/2009/06/03/counterinsurgency-for-aid-and-development-organizations/#comment-797 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:24:56 +0000 http://alamanach.com/?p=404#comment-797 You’re writings are highly disrespectful of the Afghan people and culture. Their time tried culture could teach you a few things, probably a heck of a lot more than you could teach them. So, pls. be nice to these conflict-ridden people and stop writing about what you pretend to know about Afghans, or development and COIN.

In other words, don’t be patronizing.

]]> By: Mike Ferruggia http://alamanach.com/2009/06/03/counterinsurgency-for-aid-and-development-organizations/#comment-392 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:26:46 +0000 http://alamanach.com/?p=404#comment-392 Well, I just wrote a longish comment, went out to have a smoke, and came back and was kicked off line and lost what I wrote. Very frustrating. So, here goes again, maybe cut short this time–insurgency has an advantage in that they don’t necessarily have to win, just create chaos. It’s easier to co-opt, undermine, wreak havoc, create disruption, and divide than it is to create order. I have seen this in the work place all too often. It takes very good leadership to keep a team together and bring them to success. I’ve always been fasscinated with the tactics of leadership and team building, from baseball to work. I am not qualified to speak to it militarily, but I’m sure war is won not just by fighting the enemy, but by bringing your team together. Being prepared, knowing what you are doing(having good gong fu), nipping gossip in the bud, gossip is a killer, developing good strategy–that was the first thing I said, by the way, before I lost it to cyberspace, is that I was looking forward to your article on strategy, so I hope the writer’s block opens up soon for you.

Mike

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