On 6th January, Colonel John Agoglia, director of the counter-insurgency training centre at Camp Dubs outside Kabul, gave an insight into latest thinking on how to make the allied intelligence effort more fit for purpose – or, in a word, smarter.
"In Afghanistan we've been focused on counter-terrorism, not governance. That's stupid shit. We've been trying to implement a comprehensive integrated approach when we in the alliance don't know what that is. We're learning. The key is to to get the best match of capabilities to address three key issues: security, governance, development. You have to look at it in a holistic way. You have to change the mindset [concerning Afghanistan and the Afghan people]. It's about understanding, leading to respect, leading to trust. You need awareness, you need to take time to go out and learn. As for insurgents we either turn them or kill them"
You would think from this the spooks and neocolonialist boneheads had just arrived in Afghanistan instead of fucking it up for the last 9 years.
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