Counterinsurgency, the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, is really complicated, which may be why we've recently sought explanations on how it works from Stephen Colbert, Mark Twain, John Lennon, Transformers 3, and others. But, just in case you're still unclear, a handful of military and South Asia wonks on Twitter have taken it upon themselves to imagine how Cosmopolitan Magazine would explain counterinsurgency, sometimes called COIN. Here's how they say Cosmo would write about COIN, Afghanistan, Pakistan, al-Qaeda, and all the associated issues.
"Five Signs
He Thinks You're Going To Leave Him In 2014" #cosmoCOIN
Katherine
Tiedemann
afpakchannel
@afpakchannel "How To Make Friends and Influence Pakistan" #cosmoCOIN
Kala Kawa
kaalakawaa
Men are
from Mars, drones are from Nellis #cosmoCOIN
Askew
Planet
askewplanet
"His
surprizing first strike fears" #CosmoCOIN
1st Lady of
Missiles
PrimorisEra
"What
secrets is he hiding in his spider hole?" #cosmoCOIN
Chris
Cox
CampaignReboot
"Three cups
of chardonnay" #CosmoCOIN
Crispin J.
Burke
Starbuck_WOI
RT @dianawueger: "A Night Raid He'll Never
Forget" #cosmoCOIN
Lauren(ist)
laurenist
"Handguns,
Body Armor, and All of Spring's Hottest Accessories!" #cosmoCOINLauren(ist)
laurenist
Sex and
Sadr City #CosmoCOINCrispin J.
Burke
Starbuck_WOI
"How to
lose 15 taliban commanders in 3 drone strikes or less" #CosmoCOIN1st Lady of
Missiles
PrimorisEra
"Kevlar: OK
After Labor Day? Our Experts Weigh In" #CosmoCOIN
Zach
Peterson
zachprague
"What he's
really thinking the first time you bomb his village" #CosmoCOIN1st Lady of
Missiles
PrimorisEra
@afpakchannel "Men are from Kandahar, Women
are from Mazar-e-Sharif" #cosmoCOINKala
Kawa
kaalakawaa
RT @JDWax: Putting the Urge Back in Your Surge
#CosmoCOINKatherine
Tiedemann
afpakchannel
"Five
Secrets to Mind-Blowing Strategic Communications" #CosmoCOIN
Bob
Sims
2wheelsburning
"5 signs he
thinks you're the Great Satan" #cosmoCOINChris
Cox
CampaignReboot
RT @2wheelsburning: "A Shocking Thing that 74%
of the Drones do Across the Border" #CosmoCOIN
Tyler
Giles
tggiles
PSYOP: Is
your partner playing mind games? #cosmoCOINAskew
Planet
askewplanet
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