Duh - Rand Report April 2008

This Rand conclusion in the recent released "Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan" seems almost too intuitively obvious to post but given the lack of confidence in common sense -in spite of the fact is is often so much more sensible than "expert" advice - I post it anyway:

...the most successful information operations were from indigenous actors such as religious, tribal, and political leaders - often without U.S. assistance.