By Capt. Drew Shepler, U.S. Army Best Defense responder to Gourley challenge For the Gourley challenge: We failed to deny the enemy the most important…

Source: foreignpolicy.com

Fill in the blank, and it applies anywhere, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya etc… "When the risk of ——– or insurgent sponsored violence is balanced with the inability of the local government to offer an acceptable alternative to the status quo, it is simply not in the people’s best interest to take responsibility for their own security."

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