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By Carlos Lozada | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | The Washington Post

“…David Kilcullen, an Australian army reservist and top adviser to Gen. David H. Petraeus during the troop surge in Iraq, has spent years studying insurgencies in countries from Indonesia to Afghanistan, distinguishing hard-core terrorists from ‘accidental guerrillas’ — and his theories are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the West. Kilcullen spoke with Outlook’s Carlos Lozada on why Pakistan is poised for collapse, whether catching Osama bin Laden is really a good idea and how the Enlightenment and Lawrence of Arabia helped Washington shift course in Iraq….”…BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/19/AR2009031903038_pf.html