What Do You Think Are Your Own Preconceptions About Counter Insurgency?

When drafting the counter insurge field manual, and apese planning the serch in arock. What historical precedents did you have in mind, and what did you learn from? E, well, it'stat a wonderful question, because i work very hard a well preparing for the invasion of a rock and then wining a rock as a two and three star general. I drew on my study of previous counter insurgencies and my own experience during a summer in central America.