p.1 As Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow state in Essence of Decision:
Alternative conceptual frameworks are important not only
for further insights into neglected dimensions of the underlying phenomenon. They are essential as a reminder of the distortions
and limitations of whatever conceptual framework one employs.
Only by analyzing a phenomenon from an alternative perspective
(preferably multiple alternative perspectives) can all the intricacies of a situation be understood.
p.51 RAND researchers Leites and Wolf say that to counter
an insurgency “requires a highly developed intelligence system.” The focus on intelligence is critical
[JLJ - Nathan Leites and Charles Wolf, Rebellion and Authority: An Analytic Essay
on Insurgent Conflict, (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 1970), 74.]
p.51 Dr. Gordon McCormick defines control as: Nothing occurs
that I can’t see; there is nothing I see that I can’t influence. This implies seeing everything, which
no one person can do. Therefore to be able to control an area you must have eyes everywhere, which can only be accomplished
with the support of the surrounding population. That control then provides the intelligence to act, and the security
(early warning) to prevent attacks.
p.64 The main effort of the Coalition must be to establish control. Once control is established,
... the [opponent] becomes an ineffective fighting force. Direct action does not provide control; control provides
the ability to conduct effective direct action.
p.69 the most basic and essential needs go unfulfilled and
the network will fail to retain a global influence.
p.72 Dr. McCormick defined control as “seeing everything that occurs
and being able to influence everything I see.” To be able to see everything requires “eyes” everywhere...
To be able to “influence everything I see” indicates the ability to project force everywhere that there
are “eyes.”
