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It is not likely to ever become an effective counterinsurgency force.
But the Pakistanis are still years away from fielding an effective counterinsurgency force.
But a review of policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan by the National Security Council this year, under former President George W. Bush, concluded that the "train-the-trainer" approach was so indirect that it would take about 12 years to field an effective counterinsurgency force.
After Six Years, a Plan Early last week, six years after President Bush first began pouring billions of dollars into Pakistan's military after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Pentagon completed a review that produced a classified plan to help the Pakistani military build an effective counterinsurgency force.
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On the other side are the reformers, like Gen. David Petraeus, who want to build on the lessons the Army and Marine Corps have learned in the irregular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and broaden the military's skill set to fashion a more effective counterinsurgency and nation-building force.
The engagement of reconcilable enemies, application of effective counterinsurgency tactics, and training of local security forces are some examples that could apply.DIA: Do you think the Obama administration is on a path to victory in Afghanistan?Mr Zinni: Too early to tell on Afghanistan.
"Pakistan recognizes the threat and realizes the need to develop more effective counterinsurgency and counterterrorism capabilities to complement their conventional forces".
Despite that attack, Nagl knows that effective counterinsurgency can't work without the formation of local security forces.
It was even more of a surprise to watch the Bush administration fail, from 2003 to 2006, to come to grips with creating effective counterinsurgency programs, focused aid and development efforts, political accommodation and effective Iraqi forces.
Effective counterinsurgency, he says, entails selecting the élites you can work with and co-opting them.
But it only worked in Iraq, really, when we were complemented by an effective counterinsurgency effort.
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