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counterinsurgencies

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  • noun Plural form of counterinsurgency.

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Examples

  • Sitting at the same table where Greenspan and Geithner had held court with their erudite (but nauseating) remarks, Malkin went on to claim that the Tea Baggers and those who are currently disrupting town hall meetings represent grassroots "counterinsurgencies" against President Barack Obama's health care agenda.

    Joseph A. Palermo: More Orly Taitz! 2009

  • Sitting at the same table where Greenspan and Geithner had held court with their erudite (but nauseating) remarks, Malkin went on to claim that the Tea Baggers and those who are currently disrupting town hall meetings represent grassroots "counterinsurgencies" against President Barack Obama's health care agenda.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Ensuring that the American public understands the difficulty of the impending conflict and is firmly behind the effort should be an essential element in committing forces to the 10 or more years that modern counterinsurgencies require for success.

    David Isenberg: Sergio Leone on PMC David Isenberg 2010

  • Mr. Arnold's account reveals crucial differences between the Moro War and the counterinsurgencies of the 21st century.

    An Insurgency and Its Lessons Mark Moyar 2011

  • Ensuring that the American public understands the difficulty of the impending conflict and is firmly behind the effort should be an essential element in committing forces to the 10 or more years that modern counterinsurgencies require for success.

    David Isenberg: Sergio Leone on PMC David Isenberg 2010

  • Most surprisingly, West even falls short from a technical military standpoint as well, defying the truth that most successful counterinsurgencies throughout history have had two major elements in common: (1) the client government had local support and (2) enemy sanctuaries did not exist or were eliminated in bordering countries.

    Michael Hughes: Reagan-Era Defense Official Proposes Failed Vietnam Strategy for Afghanistan Michael Hughes 2011

  • But after eight years of dealing with counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the lessons learned there — getting into the communities to understand the people's needs — apply here to the job of distributing food and water and providing medical help.

    Aid mission uses lessons of war 2010

  • A few years ago, the U.S. counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan began drawing historians and military officers to the hitherto obscure Moro War.

    An Insurgency and Its Lessons Mark Moyar 2011

  • I disagree with the way Mr. West characterizes the war at times, but "The Wrong War" is filled with both vivid descriptions of the Afghan fighting and sound advice concerning how counterinsurgencies should be waged.

    In Afghanistan With Our Warrior Elite Andrew Exum 2011

  • Most surprisingly, West even falls short from a technical military standpoint as well, defying the truth that most successful counterinsurgencies throughout history have had two major elements in common: (1) the client government had local support and (2) enemy sanctuaries did not exist or were eliminated in bordering countries.

    Michael Hughes: Reagan-Era Defense Official Proposes Failed Vietnam Strategy for Afghanistan Michael Hughes 2011

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