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dnetesn
This is a beautifully written article.
JoeDaDude
The Beast of War is the subject of the recent documentary "Only the Dead" on HBO.
IIAOPSW
This article told me absolute zero about counter insurgency or about how lessons from the great plains might apply today.
GantzGraf
What led you to expect any of that when you clicked on the link?
IIAOPSW
The first paragraph of the article heavily implied that a comparison would be made between the insurgency and counter-insurgency tactics of mid 1800s American great plains and modern day Iraq and Afghanistan.

IMO that would probably make a more interesting article. While obviously IS and the Native Americans are ideological worlds apart, both groups ran/run an insurgency against the technologically superior US army. It is worth noting which tactics work and which do not.