It's actually only COIN if it involves a "David" (Galula, Kilcullen, Petraeus). Otherwise, it's just sparkling colonial repression.
It’s actually only COIN if it’s from the Sunni Triangle. Otherwise it’s just sparkling policing.
August 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's actually only COIN if it involves a "David" (Galula, Kilcullen, Petraeus). Otherwise, it's just sparkling colonial repression.
Does nobody read Galula? FFS. Y’all neophytes
January 26, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Does nobody read Galula? FFS. Y’all neophytes
Better than "Well David Galula is really the final authority on counterinsurgency," which has me throwing hands
October 1, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Better than "Well David Galula is really the final authority on counterinsurgency," which has me throwing hands
You’d think for all the blood and treasure spaffed on Vietnam and GWOT, someone would have read a book or two. Like Galula.
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
You’d think for all the blood and treasure spaffed on Vietnam and GWOT, someone would have read a book or two. Like Galula.
Clausewitz is woke
Jomini is woke
Galula is woke
Jomini is woke
Galula is woke
Clausewitz and Sun Tzu are too woke apparently
March 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Clausewitz is woke
Jomini is woke
Galula is woke
Jomini is woke
Galula is woke
So much Galula quoting back in those years.
March 3, 2026 at 1:28 AM
So much Galula quoting back in those years.
David Galula estimated you need *at least* 20 troops per 1000 local population in an insurgency, and in Algeria during his time the French had more like 60-70 per 1000.
Federal LE would struggle to hold the greater LA metropolitan area and San Diego ALONE.
Federal LE would struggle to hold the greater LA metropolitan area and San Diego ALONE.
January 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
David Galula estimated you need *at least* 20 troops per 1000 local population in an insurgency, and in Algeria during his time the French had more like 60-70 per 1000.
Federal LE would struggle to hold the greater LA metropolitan area and San Diego ALONE.
Federal LE would struggle to hold the greater LA metropolitan area and San Diego ALONE.
Gonna finally do my David Galula hit piece: currently pulling together a paper proposal titled "How do you solve a problem like Galula? Reassessing transimperial military exchange amidst decolonization"
May 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Gonna finally do my David Galula hit piece: currently pulling together a paper proposal titled "How do you solve a problem like Galula? Reassessing transimperial military exchange amidst decolonization"
🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Pakasuchus kapilimai
From Late Cretaceous Galula Formation, Tanzania, the 50cm "cat crocodile" is a notosuchian with a dog-like nose and unusual, mammal-like dentition potentially making it capable of chewing. It had long, sharp teeth at the front and molar esque ones at the back
From Late Cretaceous Galula Formation, Tanzania, the 50cm "cat crocodile" is a notosuchian with a dog-like nose and unusual, mammal-like dentition potentially making it capable of chewing. It had long, sharp teeth at the front and molar esque ones at the back
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Pakasuchus kapilimai
From Late Cretaceous Galula Formation, Tanzania, the 50cm "cat crocodile" is a notosuchian with a dog-like nose and unusual, mammal-like dentition potentially making it capable of chewing. It had long, sharp teeth at the front and molar esque ones at the back
From Late Cretaceous Galula Formation, Tanzania, the 50cm "cat crocodile" is a notosuchian with a dog-like nose and unusual, mammal-like dentition potentially making it capable of chewing. It had long, sharp teeth at the front and molar esque ones at the back
These idiots think we are going to roll over and that they have all the guns
They haven't read Galula.
They haven't read Galula.
I’m gonna say armed troops from red states descending on a blue city is just a few inches — or maybe one exchange of gunfire — short of a civil war’s opening stages.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
These idiots think we are going to roll over and that they have all the guns
They haven't read Galula.
They haven't read Galula.
I once tried citing the book "Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice" by David Galula in an online debate about whether the Legion would have been able to successfully occupy the Mojave. It didn't really convince anyone but I was proud to have it in my back pocket.
February 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I once tried citing the book "Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice" by David Galula in an online debate about whether the Legion would have been able to successfully occupy the Mojave. It didn't really convince anyone but I was proud to have it in my back pocket.
According to David Galula, 20 troops per 1000 residents is the *minimum* force requirement for an active insurgency and at times, the French had 70+ in Algeria and still lost.
June 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
According to David Galula, 20 troops per 1000 residents is the *minimum* force requirement for an active insurgency and at times, the French had 70+ in Algeria and still lost.
But as a broad intro, find a copy of "Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice" by David Galula. From the 1960s.
Galula was an interesting person, who had seen a lot, by the way.
Galula was an interesting person, who had seen a lot, by the way.
January 26, 2026 at 1:57 PM
But as a broad intro, find a copy of "Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice" by David Galula. From the 1960s.
Galula was an interesting person, who had seen a lot, by the way.
Galula was an interesting person, who had seen a lot, by the way.
Plus Algeria/Indochina and books by David Galula, largely based on those wars. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G...
David Galula - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Plus Algeria/Indochina and books by David Galula, largely based on those wars. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G...
I’ll go full Galula
January 26, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I’ll go full Galula
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Btw if you haven't seen Arcane yet on Netflix, it's brilliant and devastating.
It also unsparingly illustrates David Galula on what not to fucking do in counter insurgency operations.
Btw if you haven't seen Arcane yet on Netflix, it's brilliant and devastating.
It also unsparingly illustrates David Galula on what not to fucking do in counter insurgency operations.
January 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
@hurricanexyz.bsky.social
Btw if you haven't seen Arcane yet on Netflix, it's brilliant and devastating.
It also unsparingly illustrates David Galula on what not to fucking do in counter insurgency operations.
Btw if you haven't seen Arcane yet on Netflix, it's brilliant and devastating.
It also unsparingly illustrates David Galula on what not to fucking do in counter insurgency operations.
Understood, jeez I've *met* all of these people. Well not Galula. I'll cop to the brain damage.
March 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Understood, jeez I've *met* all of these people. Well not Galula. I'll cop to the brain damage.
C'est le Galula américain (une génération plus tard ;)
March 26, 2024 at 3:16 PM
C'est le Galula américain (une génération plus tard ;)
Do you have your Three Cups of Tea? Have you learned to Eat Soup With a Knife? What does David Galula think about it? Which of the Three Blocks are you on today? Do you know where your strategic corporal is?
Let's just go ahead and bring it all back.
Let's just go ahead and bring it all back.
August 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Do you have your Three Cups of Tea? Have you learned to Eat Soup With a Knife? What does David Galula think about it? Which of the Three Blocks are you on today? Do you know where your strategic corporal is?
Let's just go ahead and bring it all back.
Let's just go ahead and bring it all back.
On attend l'épisode sur Galula avec impatience !
July 12, 2024 at 6:17 PM
On attend l'épisode sur Galula avec impatience !
David Galula has entered chat
Both he and Quinliven recommend a minimum of 20 troops per 1000 population in an insurgency
Both he and Quinliven recommend a minimum of 20 troops per 1000 population in an insurgency
August 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
David Galula has entered chat
Both he and Quinliven recommend a minimum of 20 troops per 1000 population in an insurgency
Both he and Quinliven recommend a minimum of 20 troops per 1000 population in an insurgency
Off the top of my head would add Douhet on airpower, Clausewitz obviously, Galula on counterinsurgency, Mao on guerilla war and protracted war, and even Iklé on war termination even though he was a PNAC guy
February 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Off the top of my head would add Douhet on airpower, Clausewitz obviously, Galula on counterinsurgency, Mao on guerilla war and protracted war, and even Iklé on war termination even though he was a PNAC guy
"You've met an armed agent of state oppression? Gross."
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I remember reading some articles about counterinsurgency that didn't cite Galula and being appalled, but not even my professor caring the field ignores the biggest military theorist of the field. Willful blindness
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I remember reading some articles about counterinsurgency that didn't cite Galula and being appalled, but not even my professor caring the field ignores the biggest military theorist of the field. Willful blindness
June 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
"You've met an armed agent of state oppression? Gross."
..
I remember reading some articles about counterinsurgency that didn't cite Galula and being appalled, but not even my professor caring the field ignores the biggest military theorist of the field. Willful blindness
..
I remember reading some articles about counterinsurgency that didn't cite Galula and being appalled, but not even my professor caring the field ignores the biggest military theorist of the field. Willful blindness