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After The Insurgency

By The Daily Dish

May 19 2009, 1:59 AM ET

by Patrick Appel

Andrew Exum doesn't know what lessons to draw from Sri Lanka:

..if anything, this conflict has shown why the United States and its allies cannot prosecute counterinsurgency campaigns in a firepower-heavy, enemy-centric way. The human cost of this conflict has been horrific, and just before the surrender, calls were mounting for a freeze on international aid to Sri Lanka. An investigation into war crimes also looms.


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