“Money is ammunition in counter-insurgency…”
Michael Yon, writing from South Baghdad:
Money is ammunition in a counterinsurgency, and commanders have learned to use it effectively at local levels. They say it is better to open schools, build sidewalks and clean up soccer fields than buy tanks or lethal weapons.
When I read the above quote I thought, “This is probably true for working with urban gangsters, too.”
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posted Feb 10, 2008, 6:48am by Rodolpho Carrasco
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