Q s question who was the real target.
Just did a speed read of the document, USA was obviously the real target, we funded all these insurgencies…us taxpayers foot the bill for our own demise.
If this doesn’t piss you off nothing will.
Read that document.
Domestic COIN versus Overseas COIN: A nation faces very significant conceptual and practical differences between conducting COIN within its own national boundaries and intervening in a foreign country in support of another government. Intervention to conduct COIN in a foreign country is often a discretionary activity whereas internal/domestic COIN is usually not a matter of choice. Forces operating in another government’s territory are vulnerable to the insurgents’ “home ground” advantage: the insurgents live in the country and never plan to leave, whereas the intervening force must eventually plan on transition and departure. The population knows this and is therefore less likely to support it. A government conducting COIN in its own territory will gener- ally have greater strategic patience to stay the course of a protracted struggle. Another “home ground” advantage is the detailed understanding of the geog- raphy, culture, history, sociology and politics of the affected country which insurgents will already possess but the intervening country will usually have to learn.
Since the United States presently faces no credible internal insurgency, all U.S. COIN campaigns are likely to be external interventions in support of a foreign government (or in failed/collapsed states). Intervention to support COIN merits careful consideration of a range of factors that are addressed in detail in Chapter 4 (Assessment and Planning).
• Bilateral Versus Multilateral COIN: The United States may not be the only foreign country prepared to assist the affected nation in countering insurgency.
https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/119629.pdf