â??Why do you have to blow up so many of our fields and homes?â? a farmer from the Arghandab district asked a top NATO general at a recent community meeting.Although military officials are apologetic in public, they maintain privately that the tactic has a benefit beyond the elimination of insurgent bombs. By making people travel to the district governorâ??s office to submit a claim for damaged property, â??in effect, youâ??re connecting the government to the people,â? the senior officer said. - Washington Post
Counterinsurgency 101
November 19, 2010
