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	<title>Steven Pressfield Online &#187; Agora</title>
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		<title>COIN Strategy vs. COIN Tactics</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/08/coin-strategy-vs-coin-tactics-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lubin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The photo in Laura King’s Los Angeles Times article “&#8216;Three cups of tea&#8217; a byword for U.S. effort to win Afghan hearts and minds”  shows why the war in Afghanistan is not going well for the United States.
As Ms. King so aptly explains, the phrase “three cups of tea” has been adapted from the<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/08/coin-strategy-vs-coin-tactics-2/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Karzai&#8217;s Counterinsurgency Strategy</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/karzais-counterinsurgency-strategy-2/</link>
		<comments>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/karzais-counterinsurgency-strategy-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mac McCallister</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marc Ambinder, politics editor of The Atlantic, explains that there exists a general perception among theorists and policy planners in the Pentagon’s policy shop that General McChrystal’s counterinsurgency strategy has failed to sustain Hamid Karzai’s government in critical areas and is therefore destined to ultimately fail.
“This is not how the war is supposed to be<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/karzais-counterinsurgency-strategy-2/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Little Governors</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/little-governors/</link>
		<comments>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/little-governors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mac McCallister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevenpressfield.com/?p=3487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two recent articles in the Washington Post and Time magazine describe the political realities faced by the U.S. military, when participating in local politics in Nangahar province, in eastern Afghanistan. Both articles go to great length to describe what many would perceive to be another example of a failed local engagement strategy—and both articles fail<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/little-governors/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Noah Coburn&#8217;s &#8220;Connecting with Kabul&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/05/noah-coburns-connecting-with-kabul/</link>
		<comments>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/05/noah-coburns-connecting-with-kabul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 02:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mac McCallister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read Noah Coburn’s Connecting with Kabul.  The information contained in this report is invaluable for the practitioner of population-centric COIN looking for insights into the importance of local patronage networks in Afghanistan. While Coburn’s work focuses strictly on Afghanistan, similarities in patterns of social networking behavior can be found in other traditional societies.
I personally witnessed<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/05/noah-coburns-connecting-with-kabul/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview With A Tribal Chief Update</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/05/interview-with-a-tribal-chief-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 01:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Interview with an Afghan Tribal Chief]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevenpressfield.com/?p=3418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Interview with a Tribal Chief&#8221; is one series  that ran on the &#8220;It&#8217;s the Tribes, Stupid&#8221; blog. It featured interviews with Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai.
Freerange International has a report up about Chief Zazai being ambushed by Pakistani Taliban this past week.
Last night as Ajmal was moving through the town of Ali Khel near the Pakistan<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/05/interview-with-a-tribal-chief-update/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Reality</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/05/the-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 07:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mac McCallister</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stevenpressfield.com/?p=3054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reality in Afghanistan (or in any other country for that matter) isn’t a template of do’s and don’ts. Reality is something that military units and the local inhabitants in specific areas create for themselves.
I recently read a number of manuscripts by the constructivist scholar Alexander Wendt.
The takeaway from Wendt&#8217;s work?
The only reality that exists is<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/05/the-reality/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal Engagement Tutorial: The Jirga and the Shura</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/03/tribal-engagement-tutorial-the-jirga-and-the-shura/</link>
		<comments>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/03/tribal-engagement-tutorial-the-jirga-and-the-shura/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.stevenpressfield.com/?p=1965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is another installment of the Tribal Engagement Tutorial series, written by Major Jim Gant and MAC McCallister. It is a long post, so stick with it. It describes key differences between a shura and a jirga, as well as guidance on when to call for one, how to prepare, how to act, what<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/03/tribal-engagement-tutorial-the-jirga-and-the-shura/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal Engagement Tutorial: Mental Models</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/tribal-engagement-tutorial-mental-models/</link>
		<comments>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/tribal-engagement-tutorial-mental-models/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.stevenpressfield.com/?p=1848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having your head in the game requires accepting that your perception of reality might not be correct.
Sun Tzu wrote:
Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated.
How do you know if you have the correct understanding of your opponents and allies, as well as an understanding of how your<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/tribal-engagement-tutorial-mental-models/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal Engagement Tutorial: Introducing a New Series</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/tribal-engagement-tutorial-introducing-a-new-series/</link>
		<comments>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/tribal-engagement-tutorial-introducing-a-new-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Ajmal Khan Zazai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Gant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAC McCallister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tribal Engagement Tutorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the debate over what to do in Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond continues, United States soldiers and Marines are on the ground fighting and sacrificing.
While this blog will continue focusing on that debate, the greater focus will be on providing soldiers and Marines practical, battle-tested information, which can help them on the ground. 
A few weeks<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/tribal-engagement-tutorial-introducing-a-new-series/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gifts of Honor: A Tale of Two Captains</title>
		<link>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/gifts-of-honor-a-tale-of-two-captains/</link>
		<comments>http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/gifts-of-honor-a-tale-of-two-captains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[On Tribalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain Michael Harrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Jaffe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maj. Jim Gant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Friends, with apologies, a stomach virus has laid the blog low.  Here's a re-run of a post that has been a reader favorite. We'll be back on Wednesday!]
June 22nd, the Washington Post ran an excellent article by Greg Jaffe, titled “A Personal Touch in Taliban Fight.” The piece is about a young Army captain, Michael<br/><a href="http://agora.stevenpressfield.com/2010/01/gifts-of-honor-a-tale-of-two-captains/">More >></a>]]></description>
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