21. Military-Industrial Complex experienced 9/11 as a humiliation. They needed to flex muscle, to prove they can still push people around.
@joshuahind Right, post-2003 USA army starts adapting but pre-2003 very much an army geared towards fighting other states.
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@HeerJeet If you believe the established Patraeus story, he started the more locally focused strategy transition with the 101st in 2003-4. -
@joshuahind Sure, and COIN itself has a long history -- see Douglas Blaufarb's The Counterinsurgency Era. But still, not a US army favorite
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@HeerJeet But, as Barnett said, the problem wasn't with how the Army was handling the post-war-war, it that they were handling it at all.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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