Example Sentences

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The focus for the past 20 years has been on Central Command and, exactly as you said, on counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2022

As the U.S. extricates itself from these counterinsurgencies and withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, it is somewhat similar to what happened after Vietnam.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2022

Successful counterinsurgencies are always ugly and morally challenging.

From Time Magazine Archive

Weapons designed to kill from afar may not be best for counterinsurgencies, in which intelligence is most often gleaned only by personal contact.

From Time Magazine Archive