List the parallels between the French experience in Algeria and initial American response to the insurgencyin Iraq

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

• The absence of a clear doctrine to thwart an insurgency.
• Failure to recognize warning signs of an impending insurgency.
• Insurgent focus on urban areas.
• Failure to separate the population from the insurgents.
• The necessity to avoid alienating the indigenous population.
• Promoting women's rights to counteract support for the insurgency.
• The need to emphasize law enforcement over military tactics.
• Failure to realize the limited effect of neutralizing insurgent leaders.
• The critical importance of intelligence.
• The importance of sealing borders.
• The critical impact of the humane treatment of captured insurgents.