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Hearts and Minds misunderstanding
Submitted by Augie (not verified) on August 24, 2010 - 10:21pm.
I am a former infantry company commander who had the privilege to lead two companies in OIF COIN during 2006-7 and 2008-9. From my experience, I learned that to win hearts and minds the counter-insurgent had to provide security to the population first and foremost. When the enemy cuts off heads, it is hard to get the population to support you. The population has to feel that you provide a better alternative and has to fear your destructive power more than the enemy's. Complicit support of an insurgency must be seen as dangerous. If an insurgent uses a house to fight and the house is destroyed, that is the consequence of support. If the populace provides intelligence on where to find the insurgents, the counter-insurgent can find and neutralize the insurgents. If the populace does not provide the intelligence, it has to be prepared for the consequences.
