The professed war-weariness among populations who have sent only a small percentage of their sons and daughters to fight in recent wars may derive from a failure to communicate effectively what is at stake in those wars and explain why the efforts are worthy of the risks, resources, and sacrifices necessary to sustain the strategy.

Offensive operations and hunting down the enemy is an integral part of any counterinsurgency approach.

Every time you treat an Iraqi disrespectfully, you are working for the enemy.

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