> > And let's remember, there has been only one or two successful counter
> insurgency wars in all the military history that I am aware of.
>
> The Albigensian Crusade.
>
Sory, it was more a conquest war led by northern lords in search of pillage
and fame than counter insurgency. The Albigensians didn't had people support
and reprensented only a few pourcents of the population. Politicaly it can
be seen as a covered (and successfull) attempt of the French king to
a) Stop the rising of the counts of Toulouse
b) Counter the power of the House of Aragon in the south of France.
Nothing of a people's war.
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