counterinsurgency, n.Definitions

Counterinsurgency (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the standard term for terrorism that we direct.

Counterinsurgency (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠give up on hearts and minds and aim at behavior instead, as RAND proposed: razing a village is acceptable so long as the penalty is plainly tied to helping the insurgents.

Counterinsurgency (n.) debates ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠whether to win hearts or shape behavior and never asks whether we have the right to choose at all, a right we would grant no other power.