The World Motivation
Offensive operations and hunting down the enemy is an integral part of any counterinsurgency approach.
“Offensive operations and hunting down the enemy is an integral part of any counterinsurgency approach.”
— H. R. McMaster · Enemy
Offensive operations and hunting down the enemy is an integral part of any counterinsurgency approach.
In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
We often operate effectively on the physical battleground but not on the psychological battleground. We fail to communicate our resolve.
Bombing, particularly from the perspective of the receiving end, is not 'communication.' Bombs result in death and destruction.
The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
The Lord protects, guides, and watches over those who are His trusted friends in His work. His work and that of His Father and our Father is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of the children of God. And Satan, the enemy of our happiness, opposes those who serve the Lord.
Time can be an enemy or a friend.
I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting at me.
The biggest enemy of any actor is fear.
The key thing about force protection is... if you focus too much on force protection, and you disengage yourself from the community, you're putting yourself at greater risk because you need to interact with the community in a positive way to gain the intelligence you need.