(one mans opinion..freely given and worth almost that much)
In counter-insurgency ops, it’s not an either/or kind of thing. Killing the bad guys and “Hearts & Minds” reenforce each other.
Do you have a link for those numbers? I understand the pentagon’s reluctance to do “body counts” given Viet-Nam, but it would be helpful to know just how many of the enemy we are killing.
I have updated these in the paperback ed. of my book, "America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror," due out in June. Basically, I tracked every available news report on enemy casualties since last Aug. when this article was written, and the numbers are substantially higher.
Great interview. Good to read this.