Every time you make these COIN posts, I hear freeking Gary the metal detector dude from Oak Island yelling in his English accent, "IT'S A QUOIN! That's a bobby dazzler mate! Top pocket find!" But yes, counter insurgency... makes me think of Counter-Strike and BOOM HEADSHOT I CAN DANCE ALL DAY

Was this what you were trying to link?

https://qagg.news/?q=3882

For some reason I clicked your link and it came up dead...

A government conducting COIN in its own territory will generally have greater strategic patience to stay the course of a protracted struggle. Another “home ground” advantage is the detailed understanding of the geog- raphy, culture, history, sociology and politics of the affected country which insurgents will already possess but the intervening country will usually have to learn. Since the United States presently faces no credible internal insurgency, all U.S. COIN campaigns are likely to be external interventions in support of a foreign government (or in failed/collapsed states).

Written in 2009. Boy how things changed.